Best Public Schools in Zip Code 18817

Summary:

There is only one school, SRU Elementary School, located in the 18817 zip code, which serves students from kindergarten through 5th grade and is part of the Athens Area School District. The school has a predominantly white student population, with 93.5% of students identifying as white, which is higher than the state average. While the school performs better than the district in science proficiency, it lags behind in math and English language arts proficiency. Additionally, 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need among the student population.

SRU Elementary School has an enrollment of 400 students and a student-teacher ratio of 12.8, which is lower than the state average. The school's spending per student for the 2021-2022 school year was $20,425, which is higher than the state average. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 649 out of 1,433 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2020-2021 to 1,028 out of 1,534 in 2022-2023, with a current rating of 2 out of 5 stars on the SchoolDigger scale.

Despite the school's challenges, the low student-teacher ratio and higher-than-average spending per student suggest that there may be opportunities to implement targeted interventions or programs to support student learning and improve academic outcomes. Further investigation into the underlying factors contributing to the school's declining academic performance and the impact of high poverty levels on student outcomes would be valuable in identifying strategies for improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				PSSA Math (2023)				PSSA Science (2023)		PSSA English Language Arts (2023)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
SRU Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 Church Street	East Smithfield	18817	Bradford County	Athens Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 596-3171	400	31	12.8	100.0%	374 (93.5%)	6 (1.5%)	13 (3.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	39.6	1028^th of 1534 public elementary schools	33.0%		51.6	866^th of 1534 public elementary schools	43.5%	162	26.6	44.5	27.9	32.5	81.5	81.5	41.7	45.4	50.8	46.0	$20,425	$2,545	$17,880

Cities Near Zip Code 18817

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
East Smithfield	0.59 mi	1	636^th
Towanda	7.77 mi	4	458^th
Athens	8.57 mi	3	588^th
Sayre	9.54 mi	2	595^th
Troy	10.06 mi	3	647^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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