Strong Vincent MS

Strong Vincent MS, a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Erie, Pennsylvania, part of Erie City SD, hosts 711 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Strong Vincent MS is one of 15 schools operated by Erie City SD, a district that hosts 10,473 students overall.

On demographics, Strong Vincent MS records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 20% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Strong Vincent MS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 102% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Erie County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Strong Vincent MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 22.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Strong Vincent MS is one.

Harding Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Strong Vincent MS comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 774 students in 2018 compared to 711 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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