Mars Area El Sch

Located at 549 Route 228, in Mars, Pennsylvania, Mars Area El Sch is a big elementary school that works with 880 students (grades 2 through 4), part of Mars Area SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 99% larger than typical.

Within Mars Area SD, which oversees 5 schools and 3,620 students, Mars Area El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mars Area El Sch shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Asian, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Mars Area El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Butler County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Mars Area El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.0%; this one delivers 75.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Butler County shows median household earnings sit near $89,843, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Mars Area El Sch is one of 39 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mars Area Primary Ctr, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mars Area El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mars Area El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 73.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Mars Area El Sch's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 714 (now 880). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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