Marshall Street El Sch

Marshall Street El Sch is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Norristown, Pennsylvania, overseen by Norristown Area SD, educateing 585 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Marshall Street El Sch sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.

Norristown Area SD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 7,617 students; Marshall Street El Sch is among them.

Looking at the student body, Marshall Street El Sch reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 7% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Marshall Street El Sch records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marshall Street El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Marshall Street El Sch is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).

Blockson MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marshall Street El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 27.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Marshall Street El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 585). Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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