Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST STROUDSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420867003202
Smithfield Elementary School
245 River Rd, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 · (570) 421-2841 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
132 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
58.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 53.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Smithfield Elementary School
Smithfield Elementary School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Elementary School this school | 327 | 40.4% | 60.0% |
| Glenside Elementary School Glenside | 360 | 45.6% | 64.1% |
| Bushkill Elementary School Dingmans Ferry | 405 | 52.1% | 43.5% |
| Roslyn School Roslyn | 400 | 42.3% | 64.6% |
| Willow Hill School Willow Grove | 362 | 45.9% | 68.6% |
| Resica Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 404 | 53.5% | 47.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Smithfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #594 of 1,396 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #566 of 1,511 ▲ 89 | #2 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #640 of 1,511 ▲ 76 | #2 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #1,146 of 1,638 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #174 of 1,528 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.7% | #15 of 1,531 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #1,155 of 1,600 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #414 of 450 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
327
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 327 | 30.2 | 10.8:1 | 40% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 31.1 | 10.1:1 | 42% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 31.1 | 10.1:1 | 57% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 51% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 21.3 | 15.3:1 | 40% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 49% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 48% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 19% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smithfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (324 to 327); teachers up 42% (21.3 to 30.2).
About Smithfield Elementary School
Smithfield Elementary School is a small elementary school based in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It teaches 327 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
East Stroudsburg Area SD includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 6,353 students.
No group is above 50% at Smithfield Elementary School; the largest is White, at 37%. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 16% multiracial, 14% Native American, and 8% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. The diversity index for Smithfield Elementary School is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Smithfield Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 40%. It compares with 74% for public schools in Monroe County.
Smithfield Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Smithfield Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.0% and a predicted 60.3%.
In the wider Monroe County area, median household income comes to about $83,565, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monroe County's 29 public schools enroll about 20,752 students and include Smithfield Elementary School.
East Stroudsburg Elementary School is about 2.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Smithfield Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Smithfield Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 60.0% against a local average of 47.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.6:1 to 10.8:1 over the same years.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,515
Census ACS
Median income
$83,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
20,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Stroudsburg Area SD
- East Stroudsburg SHS SouthHigh · 1,359 students
- East Stroudsburg SHS NorthHigh · 917 students
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- East Stroudsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 603 students
- Lehman Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- J M Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other schools in East Stroudsburg
- East Stroudsburg SHS SouthHigh · 1,359 students
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- East Stroudsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 603 students
- J M Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Middle Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- Resica Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
Other Smithfield Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Smithfield Elementary. Smithfield Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolSmithfield, PA · 220 students
- Smithfield ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 672 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolNORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX · 658 students
Nearby schools
- East Stroudsburg Elementary School2.0 mi · 603
- J M Hill Elementary School2.3 mi · 471
- J T Lambert Intermediate School2.4 mi · 907
- Middle Smithfield Elementary School2.6 mi · 420
- East Stroudsburg SHS South2.7 mi · 1,359
- B F Morey Elementary School3.8 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Smithfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Smithfield Elementary School?
Smithfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
Is Smithfield Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smithfield Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Smithfield Elementary School have?
Smithfield Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Smithfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Smithfield Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 8% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Smithfield Elementary School public or private?
Smithfield Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Stroudsburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.