North Schuylkill El Sch

North Schuylkill El Sch is a heavily attended primary school in Ashland, Pennsylvania, run under North Schuylkill SD. The school instructs 1,064 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 140% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 2 schools in North Schuylkill SD (2,067 students total), North Schuylkill El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, North Schuylkill El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, North Schuylkill El Sch has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Schuylkill El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 37.7%, a residual of -14.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Schuylkill County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,313 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. North Schuylkill El Sch is one of 35 public schools in Schuylkill County (combined enrollment of about 18,259 students).

North Schuylkill JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Schuylkill El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,050 students in 2018 compared to 1,064 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 93% to 80%.

On this page, members of the North Schuylkill El Sch community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.