Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS

Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS, a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Salisbury, Pennsylvania, run under Salisbury-Elk Lick SD, instructs 125 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% below the state mean of about 738.

Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS is one of 2 schools operated by Salisbury-Elk Lick SD, a district that instructs 255 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS logs that nearly all students (97%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Somerset County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Somerset County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Somerset County) logs that median household earnings sit near $61,446, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Somerset County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students), of which Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS is one.

The closest other public school is Salisbury-Elk Lick El Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 111 students in 2018 compared to 125 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 5.9:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

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