Middle Smithfield El Sch

Located at 5180 Milford Rd, in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Middle Smithfield El Sch is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that enrolls 420 students (grades K through 5), run under East Stroudsburg Area SD.

Middle Smithfield El Sch is one of 10 schools operated by East Stroudsburg Area SD, a district that caters to 6,353 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Middle Smithfield El Sch logs that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 25% Black, 18% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 8% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Middle Smithfield El Sch has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monroe County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Middle Smithfield 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 40.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,565, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), Middle Smithfield El Sch is one campus in the mix.

J T Lambert Intermediate Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Middle Smithfield El Sch comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Middle Smithfield El Sch's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 420). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 31% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.