Loyalsock Valley El Sch

Loyalsock Valley El Sch is a cozy elementary campus in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Montoursville Area SD. The school educates 197 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Montoursville Area SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,679 students. Loyalsock Valley El Sch is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Loyalsock Valley El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Loyalsock Valley El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at Loyalsock Valley El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Lycoming County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Loyalsock Valley El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.3%, the actual is 65.7%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Lycoming County shows median household income runs about $63,917, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lycoming County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), of which Loyalsock Valley El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: C E McCall MS, around 4.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loyalsock Valley El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Loyalsock Valley El Sch's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 237 (now 197). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Loyalsock Valley El Sch typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.