Moraine El Sch

Located at 350 Main St, in Prospect, Pennsylvania, Moraine El Sch is an intimate elementary campus that instructs 349 students (grades K through 5), operated by Slippery Rock Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Moraine El Sch sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Slippery Rock Area SD (1,833 students total), Moraine El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Moraine El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. Compared to Butler County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Moraine El Sch has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Moraine El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.1%, the actual is 68.8%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate median household income runs about $89,843, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Butler County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students), Moraine El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Connoquenessing El Sch, roughly 5.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Moraine El Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Moraine El Sch's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 349).

In the discussion threads here, members of the Moraine El Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.