Martinsburg El Sch

Martinsburg El Sch is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Spring Cove SD, with 364 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5.

Across the 4 schools in Spring Cove SD (1,568 students total), Martinsburg El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Martinsburg El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Blair County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Blair County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Martinsburg El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of -4.6 points.

In the broader community, Blair County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,382 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Blair County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students), of which Martinsburg El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Central HS, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martinsburg El Sch comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Martinsburg El Sch has decreased 12%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.