W.A. McCreery El Sch

W.A. McCreery El Sch is a compact elementary school in Marion Center, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Marion Center Area SD. The school instructs 372 students in grades 3 through 6.

Within Marion Center Area SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,188 students, W.A. McCreery El Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, W.A. McCreery El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

On the resource side, On paper, W.A. McCreery El Sch has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Indiana County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), W.A. McCreery El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.7%.

In the area at large, Indiana County reports that median household income runs about $60,208, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Indiana County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,470 students), of which W.A. McCreery El Sch is one.

Marion Center Area JR/SR HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W.A. McCreery El Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. W.A. McCreery El Sch's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 372). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.