Newton-Ransom El School

Newton-Ransom El School operates as a small K-5 school in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, operated by Abington Heights SD. Current enrollment sits at 196 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Abington Heights SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,391 students. Newton-Ransom El School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Newton-Ransom El School reports that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Lackawanna County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 8% of students at Newton-Ransom El School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lackawanna County (around 72%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Newton-Ransom El School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.3%; this one delivers 76.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lackawanna County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,223 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Lackawanna County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students), of which Newton-Ransom El School is one.

Abington Heights MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Newton-Ransom El School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newton-Ransom El School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.7%.

Newton-Ransom El School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newton-Ransom El School has fell 21%, going from 248 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.