Panther Valley El Sch

Set in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, Panther Valley El Sch is a reasonably sized K-5 school, part of Panther Valley SD. It teaches 556 students across grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Panther Valley El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Panther Valley SD, a district that enrolls 1,773 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Panther Valley El Sch records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Panther Valley El Sch shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 110% of students at Panther Valley El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Carbon County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Carbon County indicate median household income runs about $67,554, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Panther Valley El Sch is one of 18 public schools in Carbon County (combined enrollment of about 8,111 students).

The closest other public school is Panther Valley Intermediate Sch, roughly 2.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Panther Valley El Sch.

Panther Valley El Sch operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Panther Valley El Sch's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 556). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 80% to 69%. Class-load math has grew: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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