Silver Spring El Sch

Silver Spring El Sch is a moderately sized elementary campus in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Cumberland Valley SD. The school enrolls 528 students in grades K through 5.

Cumberland Valley SD runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 10,374 students. Silver Spring El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Silver Spring El Sch logs that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 32% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Silver Spring El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.4%; this one delivers 67.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put median household income runs about $87,494, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Cumberland County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,044 students), Silver Spring El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eagle View MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silver Spring El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silver Spring El Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.2%.

Silver Spring El Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Silver Spring El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 545 (now 528). The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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