Summit Township El Sch

Summit Township El Sch, a modestly sized elementary school in Butler, Pennsylvania, run under Butler Area SD, caters to 259 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Within Butler Area SD, which oversees 9 schools and 5,762 students, Summit Township El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Summit Township El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Summit Township El Sch has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Summit Township El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Summit Township El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.9%; this one delivers 53.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Butler County shows median household income runs about $89,843, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Butler County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students), of which Summit Township El Sch is one.

McQuistion El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Summit Township El Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summit Township El Sch has showed little movement, going from 255 students in 2018 to 259 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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