Smedley Street School

As a very small elementary school, Smedley Street School serves students in Oil City, Pennsylvania. The school counted 103 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 1. That is 77% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.

The 5 schools of Oil City Area SD, including Smedley Street School, enroll 1,794 students.

Of every 100 students at Smedley Street School, about 87 are White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Smedley Street School are from different groups.

Staffing at Smedley Street School comes to 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.9:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. On the income side, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Venango County show that the median household earns about $61,522 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Venango County, 15 public schools serve about 5,704 students.

Seventh Street School is about 0.4 miles from Smedley Street School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Smedley Street School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 12%, from 92 to 103. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 8.9:1, from 13.1:1.

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