William Penn El Sch

William Penn El Sch, a tight-knit K-5 school in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, operated by Elizabeth Forward SD, enrolls 333 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 25% leaner than typical.

Elizabeth Forward SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,293 students. William Penn El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, William Penn El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, William Penn El Sch has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 54% of students at William Penn El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William Penn El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.3%.

Around the school, census data for Allegheny County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), William Penn El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Elizabeth Forward SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William Penn El Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Penn El Sch has ticked down 3%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 333 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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