Poff El Sch

Poff El Sch operates as a modestly sized primary school in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, part of Hampton Township SD. Current enrollment sits at 282 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 36% below typical.

Hampton Township SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,567 students; Poff El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, Poff El Sch lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% Asian, 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Poff El Sch records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Poff El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 71.4%; this one delivers 92.0%, a residual of +20.6 points.

In the area at large, Allegheny County reports that median household income runs about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Poff El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Hampton MS, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Poff El Sch. On composite proficiency, Poff El Sch comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 79.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 295 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025.

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