Mendon El Sch

Set in Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania, Mendon El Sch is a small elementary campus, one of the schools within Yough SD. It works with 234 students across grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 5 schools in Yough SD (1,818 students total), Mendon El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mendon El Sch shows that nearly all students (97%) are White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mendon El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 67.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Westmoreland County) records that median household income runs about $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westmoreland County's 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), Mendon El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Yough Intrmd/MS Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mendon El Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mendon El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 235 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025.

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