📍 500 Market St, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, 17815
Memorial El Sch is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bloomsburg, Columbia County. The school has 432 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bloomsburg Area SD school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Memorial El Sch enrolls 432 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 312 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
270 of the school's 432 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 270 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Memorial El Sch is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 109.
Memorial El Sch is one of 5 schools in Bloomsburg Area SD, based in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The district serves 1,496 students district-wide and employs 115 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 432 students, Memorial El Sch is larger than the district average of about 299 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant