McCormick El Sch

McCormick El Sch is an elementary-level community of small scale in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, operated by Moon Area SD, caters to 229 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

McCormick El Sch is one of 8 schools operated by Moon Area SD, a district that enrolls 4,100 students overall.

Demographically, McCormick El Sch logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Asian, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McCormick El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.1%, the actual is 86.5%, a residual of +13.3 points.

Across the wider county, Allegheny County reports that median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), McCormick El Sch is one campus in the mix.

J H Brooks El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McCormick El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McCormick El Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 61.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 20%: 191 students in 2018 compared to 229 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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