Ringgold El Sch North

Ringgold El Sch North is an elementary school of close-knit scale in Finleyville, Pennsylvania, run under Ringgold SD, teacheing 344 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Ringgold El Sch North sits 22% below that benchmark.

Ringgold SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,409 students; Ringgold El Sch North is among them.

On demographics, Ringgold El Sch North shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Ringgold El Sch North tighter than the state norm the norm. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Ringgold El Sch North sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 62.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household income runs about $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Washington County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), of which Ringgold El Sch North is one.

South Park MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ringgold El Sch North. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ringgold El Sch North ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ringgold El Sch North has declined 36%, going from 536 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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