Southern Fulton El Sch

Southern Fulton El Sch, a low-enrollment primary school in Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania, run under Southern Fulton SD, teaches 346 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 443.

Across the 2 schools in Southern Fulton SD (669 students total), Southern Fulton El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Southern Fulton El Sch records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Southern Fulton El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household income runs about $65,836, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Fulton County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,958 students), of which Southern Fulton El Sch is one.

Southern Fulton JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southern Fulton El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 396 students in 2018 compared to 346 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.