Mars Area Primary Ctr

Set in Mars, Pennsylvania, Mars Area Primary Ctr is a mid-sized elementary-level community, operated by Mars Area SD. It educates 506 students across grades K through 1.

Mars Area Primary Ctr is one of 5 schools operated by Mars Area SD, a district that instructs 3,620 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Mars Area Primary Ctr reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest looks like 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Butler County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate median household income runs about $89,843, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Mars Area Primary Ctr is one of 39 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mars Area El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mars Area Primary Ctr.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Mars Area Primary Ctr's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 506). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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