Monessen El Ctr

As a close-knit primary school in Monessen, Pennsylvania, Monessen El Ctr hosts 330 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Monessen City SD. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 3 schools in Monessen City SD (651 students total), Monessen El Ctr accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Monessen El Ctr records that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 29% White, 28% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Westmoreland County as a whole is about 3% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Monessen El Ctr qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Westmoreland County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monessen El Ctr is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.7%; Monessen El Ctr posts 20.4%, -20.3 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Westmoreland County reports that median household income runs about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Monessen El Ctr is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).

Monessen MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monessen El Ctr ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monessen El Ctr has edged down 19%, going from 405 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 43% to 29%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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