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How has Middle Smithfield El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST STROUDSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420867003201
Middle Smithfield Elementary School
5180 Milford Rd, East Stroudsburg, PA 18302 · (570) 223-8082 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
240 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.3pp since 2023
Math
29.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 33.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Middle Smithfield Elementary School
Middle Smithfield Elementary School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Smithfield Elementary School this school | 420 | 57.1% | 40.6% |
| Resica Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 404 | 53.5% | 47.9% |
| Bushkill Elementary School Dingmans Ferry | 405 | 52.1% | 43.5% |
| J M Hill Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 471 | 50.7% | 43.8% |
| Wallace Elementary School York | 427 | 64.2% | N/A |
| Glenside Elementary School Glenside | 360 | 45.6% | 64.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Middle Smithfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,056 of 1,396 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #1,164 of 1,511 ▼ 101 | #13 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,141 of 1,511 ▼ 119 | #12 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #798 of 1,638 | #10 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #182 of 1,528 | #8 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.3% | #19 of 1,531 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #866 of 1,600 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #346 of 1,045 | #5 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
420
+36 (+9%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 420 | 38.7 | 10.9:1 | 57% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 37.9 | 10.9:1 | 58% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 36.8 | 11.7:1 | 66% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 33 | 11.6:1 | 60% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 39.3 | 13.0:1 | 54% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 60% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 53% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 21% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 798 | 41 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middle Smithfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (512 to 420); teachers down 2% (39.3 to 38.7).
About Middle Smithfield Elementary School
Middle Smithfield Elementary School, located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 420 students.
In East Stroudsburg Area SD, 10 schools enroll a combined 6,353 students.
At Middle Smithfield Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 36%. The next largest groups are 25% Black, 18% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 8% Native American. The school's White share is 27 points below the 64% share among Monroe County residents. The school's diversity index is 75%, meaning two students picked at random have a 75% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Middle Smithfield Elementary School employs 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.9:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 57% in 2024-25. That is 17 points below the 74% average for public schools in Monroe County.
allk12 grades Middle Smithfield Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Middle Smithfield Elementary School, the prediction is 53.1% and the result is 40.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Monroe County show that the median household income is $83,565, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Middle Smithfield Elementary School is one of 29 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Middle Smithfield Elementary School is J T Lambert Intermediate School, at a distance of about 2.0 miles. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Middle Smithfield Elementary School is 8th among 9 schools close by.
Middle Smithfield Elementary School has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Enrollment is up 9% from 2020-21, when Middle Smithfield Elementary School had 384 students, to 2024-25, when it had 420.
The Middle Smithfield Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,515
Census ACS
Median income
$83,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
20,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Stroudsburg Area SD
- East Stroudsburg SHS SouthHigh · 1,359 students
- East Stroudsburg SHS NorthHigh · 917 students
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- East Stroudsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 603 students
- Lehman Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- J M Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other schools in East Stroudsburg
- East Stroudsburg SHS SouthHigh · 1,359 students
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- East Stroudsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 603 students
- J M Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Resica Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- J T Lambert Intermediate School2.0 mi · 907
- East Stroudsburg Elementary School2.1 mi · 603
- Smithfield Elementary School2.6 mi · 327
- J M Hill Elementary School3.0 mi · 471
- Resica Elementary School3.1 mi · 404
- East Stroudsburg SHS South3.2 mi · 1,359
Frequently asked questions
About Middle Smithfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Middle Smithfield Elementary School?
Middle Smithfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Middle Smithfield Elementary School serve?
Middle Smithfield Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Middle Smithfield Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Middle Smithfield Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Middle Smithfield Elementary School?
Middle Smithfield Elementary School reports a student body of 36% White, 11% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Middle Smithfield Elementary School?
Middle Smithfield Elementary School is overseen by East Stroudsburg Area SD in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.