Sullivan Co El Sch

Sullivan Co El Sch is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Laporte, Pennsylvania, run under Sullivan County SD. The school instructs 306 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 443.

Within Sullivan County SD, which oversees 2 schools and 620 students, Sullivan Co El Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sullivan Co El Sch reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Sullivan County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sullivan Co El Sch reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Sullivan Co El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Sullivan Co El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sullivan Co El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 44.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sullivan County put median household income runs about $69,764, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sullivan Co El Sch is one of 2 public schools in Sullivan County (combined enrollment of about 620 students).

Sullivan Co JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sullivan Co El Sch at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 348 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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