East Berwick El Sch

East Berwick El Sch operates as a medium-sized primary school in Berwick, Pennsylvania, operated by Berwick Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 539 students spanning grades K through 4. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so East Berwick El Sch sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Berwick Area SD (2,706 students total), East Berwick El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, East Berwick El Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Luzerne County as a whole.

On the resource side, East Berwick El Sch records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Luzerne County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Berwick El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.1%; East Berwick El Sch posts 64.4%, +17.3 points above that line.

In the broader community, Luzerne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,691 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. East Berwick El Sch is one of 65 public schools in Luzerne County (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students).

Nearest neighbor: Berwick Area MS, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, East Berwick El Sch comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

East Berwick El Sch operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. East Berwick El Sch's enrollment has ticked up 38% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 539). The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 79% over that span.

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