Minersville Area El Ctr

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Minersville, Pennsylvania, Minersville Area El Ctr educates 468 students from grades 1 through 6, overseen by Minersville Area SD.

Minersville Area SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,050 students. Minersville Area El Ctr is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Minersville Area El Ctr records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest looks like 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Minersville Area El Ctr logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 97% of students at Minersville Area El Ctr qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Schuylkill County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Minersville Area El Ctr sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 43.1%.

Around the school, Schuylkill County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,313, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Schuylkill County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,259 students), of which Minersville Area El Ctr is one.

Minersville Area JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Minersville Area El Ctr. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Minersville Area El Ctr at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

Minersville Area El Ctr operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Minersville Area El Ctr's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 513 (now 468). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 16% across the same window.

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