Springfield El Sch

Springfield El Sch, a micro-enrollment elementary school in East Springfield, Pennsylvania, operated by Northwestern SD, instructs 162 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Northwestern SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,176 students; Springfield El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Springfield El Sch reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Springfield El Sch has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 116% of students at Springfield El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Erie County's rate of about 74%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Erie County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Erie County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), Springfield El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Elk Valley El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Springfield El Sch's enrollment has declined 29% since 2018, when it stood at 227 (now 162). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.