Spring Farms El Sch

Spring Farms El Sch, a minimally staffed elementary-level community in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Southern Huntingdon County SD, instructs 174 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Spring Farms El Sch is one of 4 schools operated by Southern Huntingdon County SD, a district that instructs 1,007 students overall.

Demographically, Spring Farms El Sch reports that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Huntingdon County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Spring Farms El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.2%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of -12.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Huntingdon County put median household earnings sit near $65,557, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spring Farms El Sch is one of 17 public schools in Huntingdon County (combined enrollment of about 4,454 students).

The closest other public school is Southern Huntingdon Co HS/MS, roughly 4.7 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Farms El Sch at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 227 students in 2018 compared to 174 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.