North Clarion Co El Sch

Set in Tionesta, Pennsylvania, North Clarion Co El Sch is a compact elementary campus, part of North Clarion County SD. It serves 334 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so North Clarion Co El Sch sits 25% below that benchmark.

North Clarion County SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 627 students. North Clarion Co El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, North Clarion Co El Sch shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clarion County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Clarion Co El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.1%; North Clarion Co El Sch posts 56.6%, +21.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Clarion County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,649 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Clarion Co El Sch is one of 16 public schools in Clarion County (combined enrollment of about 5,023 students).

The closest other public school is North Clarion Co JSHS, roughly 0.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, North Clarion Co El Sch comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 337 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025.

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