Stanwood El Sch

Stanwood El Sch operates as a moderately sized elementary school in New Stanton, Pennsylvania, overseen by Hempfield Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 518 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Hempfield Area SD, which oversees 9 schools and 5,015 students, Stanwood El Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stanwood El Sch lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Westmoreland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Stanwood El Sch reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Stanwood El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 68.8%, a residual of +11.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put median household income runs about $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Westmoreland County runs 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), of which Stanwood El Sch is one.

Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stanwood El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.3%.

Stanwood El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Stanwood El Sch typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.