Memorial El Sch

Set in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Memorial El Sch is an average-sized elementary-level community, part of Bloomsburg Area SD. It works with 405 students across grades K through 5.

Within Bloomsburg Area SD, which oversees 5 schools and 1,492 students, Memorial El Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Memorial El Sch logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Columbia County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Columbia County's rate of about 56%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Memorial El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Columbia County) logs that median household earnings sit near $64,644, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Columbia County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,501 students), Memorial El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bloomsburg Area MS, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Memorial El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Memorial El Sch at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Memorial El Sch has ticked down 4%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 405 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 83% to 74%.

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