Selinsgrove Area El Sch

Selinsgrove Area El Sch is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, overseen by Selinsgrove Area SD, enrolling 472 students in grades K through 2.

Selinsgrove Area SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,283 students. Selinsgrove Area El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Selinsgrove Area El Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Snyder County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Selinsgrove Area El Sch has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Snyder County's rate of about 73%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Snyder County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,876 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Snyder County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,190 students), Selinsgrove Area El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Selinsgrove Area HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Selinsgrove Area El Sch.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Selinsgrove Area El Sch has edged down 13%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Selinsgrove Area El Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.