Montour El Sch

Located at 221 Clever Rd, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Montour El Sch is a roomy K-5 school that works with 1,276 students (grades K through 4), part of Montour SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Montour El Sch sits 188% above that benchmark.

Montour El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Montour SD, a district that teaches 3,232 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Montour El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Allegheny County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Montour El Sch reports 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Montour El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 80.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Allegheny County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Montour El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Montour HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montour El Sch. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montour El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Montour El Sch's enrollment has grew 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,086 (now 1,276). The White share of enrollment decreased from 85% to 77% over that span.

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