Marion El Sch

Marion El Sch operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, part of Chambersburg Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 292 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Chambersburg Area SD runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 9,373 students. Marion El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Marion El Sch reports that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% Black, 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Marion El Sch logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Marion El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $77,003, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students), Marion El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Franklin County Career and Technology Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Marion El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marion El Sch at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Marion El Sch's enrollment has expanded 80% since 2018, when it stood at 162 (now 292). The White share of enrollment edged down from 62% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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