Metzgar El Sch

As a cozy elementary-level community in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, Metzgar El Sch caters to 256 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Greensburg Salem SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

Within Greensburg Salem SD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,425 students, Metzgar El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Metzgar El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Metzgar El Sch reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 107% of students at Metzgar El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Westmoreland County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, census data for Westmoreland County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,109 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Westmoreland County runs 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), of which Metzgar El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Dr Robert Ketterer CS Inc, roughly 6.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Metzgar El Sch operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 256 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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