South St Marys Street El Sch

South St Marys Street El Sch operates as a moderately sized primary school in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Saint Marys Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 583 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so South St Marys Street El Sch sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

Saint Marys Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,845 students; South St Marys Street El Sch is among them.

Demographically, South St Marys Street El Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder breaks down as 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Elk County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting South St Marys Street El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at South St Marys Street El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South St Marys Street El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.9%; South St Marys Street El Sch posts 52.6%, +16.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Elk County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,380, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. South St Marys Street El Sch is one of 10 public schools in Elk County (combined enrollment of about 3,139 students).

St Marys Area SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South St Marys Street El Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. South St Marys Street El Sch's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 583).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.