Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch

Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch, an one-room-style K-5 school in Salisbury, Pennsylvania, part of Salisbury-Elk Lick SD, serves 130 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 71% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Salisbury-Elk Lick SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 255 students. Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.2%.

In the surrounding community, Somerset County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,446 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Somerset County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students), Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch has decreased 16%, going from 154 students in 2018 to 130 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.