Smethport Area El Sch

Smethport Area El Sch is a small K-5 school in Smethport, Pennsylvania, operated by Smethport Area SD. The school instructs 363 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Smethport Area SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 708 students. Smethport Area El Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Smethport Area El Sch records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of McKean County's rate of about 90%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Smethport Area El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 52.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (McKean County) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,905, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, McKean County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,275 students), of which Smethport Area El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Smethport Area JSHS, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Smethport Area El Sch comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Smethport Area El Sch's enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 363). Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Smethport Area El Sch community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.