Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch

Located at 4528 Penns Valley Road, in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch is a cozy K-5 school that serves 348 students (grades K through 6), part of Penns Valley Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch is one of 4 schools operated by Penns Valley Area SD, a district that enrolls 1,271 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch lists that nearly all students (99%) are White. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Centre County's rate of about 31%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.1%, the actual is 64.0%, a residual of +5.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Centre County shows median household income runs about $74,291, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Centre County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students), Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch is one campus in the mix.

Penns Valley Area JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd Sch's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 348). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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