Logan El Sch

Logan El Sch operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Altoona, Pennsylvania, run under Altoona Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 428 students spanning grades K through 5.

Altoona Area SD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,852 students. Logan El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Logan El Sch lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Blair County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Logan El Sch lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Blair County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Logan El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Blair County put median household income runs about $62,382, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Blair County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students), of which Logan El Sch is one.

Juniata El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Logan El Sch comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 92% to 84%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.