Octorara Primary LC

Set in Atglen, Pennsylvania, Octorara Primary LC is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, one of the schools within Octorara Area SD. It enrolls 412 students across grades K through 2.

Octorara Primary LC is one of 5 schools operated by Octorara Area SD, a district that enrolls 1,968 students overall.

Demographically, Octorara Primary LC records that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Chester County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Octorara Primary LC qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Chester County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Chester County indicate median household income runs about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Octorara Primary LC is one of 111 public schools in Chester County (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students).

Octorara El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Octorara Primary LC.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 490 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 16% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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