Spring Creek El Sch

Spring Creek El Sch is one of the cozy elementary schools in State College, Pennsylvania, run under State College Area SD, with 360 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

State College Area SD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,799 students; Spring Creek El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, Spring Creek El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Centre County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Spring Creek El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Centre County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,291 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Centre County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students), of which Spring Creek El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Easterly Parkway El Sch, around 2.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Creek El Sch at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 83%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Spring Creek El Sch community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.