Montgomery El Sch

Montgomery El Sch is one of the small elementary campuss in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, run under Tuscarora SD, with 212 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 52% below typical.

Across the 6 schools in Tuscarora SD (2,182 students total), Montgomery El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Montgomery El Sch lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Montgomery El Sch lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Franklin County's rate of about 69%.

With demographic context factored in, Montgomery El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 48.7%.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $77,003, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students), of which Montgomery El Sch is one.

Mercersburg El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Montgomery El Sch. On composite proficiency, Montgomery El Sch comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

Montgomery El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Montgomery El Sch's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 243 (now 212). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.