Masontown El Sch

Masontown El Sch operates as an intimate elementary campus in Masontown, Pennsylvania, overseen by Albert Gallatin Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 251 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Albert Gallatin Area SD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,894 students. Masontown El Sch is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Masontown El Sch shows that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 10% multiracial, 6% Black.

On the resource side, Masontown El Sch shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 105% of students at Masontown El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fayette County (around 92%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Masontown El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.7%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fayette County put median household earnings sit near $58,236, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fayette County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,340 students), of which Masontown El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Albert Gallatin North MS, around 3.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Masontown El Sch. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Masontown El Sch ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 77% to 84%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Masontown El Sch community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.