Springfield El Sch

Springfield El Sch is one of the modestly sized primary schools in Normalville, Pennsylvania, part of Connellsville Area SD, with 298 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Connellsville Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,328 students; Springfield El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Springfield El Sch records that nearly all students (98%) are White. Other groups include 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, Springfield El Sch records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 104% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 92%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Springfield El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of +11.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Fayette County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,236 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fayette County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,340 students), Springfield El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Connellsville Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Springfield El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springfield El Sch has ticked down 20%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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