Williams Valley El Sch

Set in Tower City, Pennsylvania, Williams Valley El Sch is a moderately sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Williams Valley SD. It instructs 497 students across grades K through 6.

Williams Valley SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 930 students. Williams Valley El Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Williams Valley El Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Schuylkill County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Williams Valley El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 29.5%.

In the surrounding community, Schuylkill County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,313, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Schuylkill County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,259 students), Williams Valley El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Williams Valley JSHS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Williams Valley El Sch comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Williams Valley El Sch's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 497). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 89% to 84%. Class-load math has widened: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.