Shenango El Sch

Set in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Shenango El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, operated by Shenango Area SD. It teaches 485 students across grades K through 6.

Within Shenango Area SD, which oversees 2 schools and 934 students, Shenango El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Shenango El Sch reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder is composed of 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Shenango El Sch has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 105% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Lawrence County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shenango El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 62.1%, a residual of +29.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,931, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lawrence County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,015 students), of which Shenango El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shenango HS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shenango El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shenango El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shenango El Sch has shrank 15%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 485 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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