Valley View El Ctr

Valley View El Ctr is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Peckville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Valley View SD, with 522 students on its rolls from grades K through 2.

Within Valley View SD, which oversees 4 schools and 2,382 students, Valley View El Ctr is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Valley View El Ctr records that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Lackawanna County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Valley View El Ctr reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lackawanna County (around 72%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, Lackawanna County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,223 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Valley View El Ctr is one of 47 public schools in Lackawanna County (combined enrollment of about 27,006 students).

Nearest neighbor: Valley View MS, around 2.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley View El Ctr has changed only slightly, going from 522 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 81% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Valley View El Ctr typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.