Purchase Line El Sch

Purchase Line El Sch, a compact K-5 school in Commodore, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Purchase Line SD, works with 353 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Purchase Line El Sch is one of 2 schools operated by Purchase Line SD, a district that serves 716 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Purchase Line El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Purchase Line El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 108% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Indiana County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Indiana County put median household income runs about $60,208, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Purchase Line El Sch is one of 22 public schools in Indiana County (combined enrollment of about 8,470 students).

Purchase Line JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Purchase Line El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Purchase Line El Sch's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 451 (now 353).

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