Southern El Sch

Southern El Sch, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, operated by Southern York County SD, serves 527 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 5 schools in Southern York County SD (2,709 students total), Southern El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southern El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest reads as 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Southern El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for York County shows median household income runs about $84,829, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Southern El Sch is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

Nearest neighbor: Susquehannock HS, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Southern El Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Southern El Sch's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 527). The White share of enrollment fell from 93% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Southern El Sch typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.