Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch

Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch is a minimally staffed K-5 school in Confluence, Pennsylvania, operated by Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD. The school serves 135 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch is one of 2 schools operated by Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD, a district that teaches 249 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%); the rest reads as 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Somerset County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Somerset County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.6%; this one comes in at 21.8%, -22.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Somerset County put median household income runs about $61,446, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Somerset County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students), of which Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Turkeyfoot Valley Area El Sch's enrollment has ticked down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 188 (now 135). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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