Mercer Area El Sch

Set in Mercer, Pennsylvania, Mercer Area El Sch is a medium-sized primary school, part of Mercer Area SD. It educates 567 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Mercer Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 985 students; Mercer Area El Sch is among them.

Demographically, Mercer Area El Sch logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mercer Area El Sch records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mercer County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mercer Area El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.0%; Mercer Area El Sch posts 56.5%, +22.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Mercer County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,976 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mercer County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,815 students), Mercer Area El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Mercer Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mercer Area El Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mercer Area El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mercer Area El Sch has stayed largely flat, going from 577 students in 2018 to 567 in 2025.

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