Oswayo Valley El Sch

Oswayo Valley El Sch operates as a tiny elementary campus in Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania, part of Oswayo Valley SD. Current enrollment sits at 132 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Oswayo Valley El Sch sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

Oswayo Valley SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 272 students. Oswayo Valley El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Oswayo Valley El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%).

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Oswayo Valley El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 126% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Potter County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Potter County put median household earnings sit near $59,020, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Oswayo Valley El Sch is one of 13 public schools in Potter County (combined enrollment of about 1,705 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oswayo Valley JSHS, around 0.3 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Oswayo Valley El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 201 (now 132). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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