📍 243 North Sheridan Road, Richland, Lebanon County, 17087
Fort Zeller El Sch is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Richland, Lebanon County. The school has 285 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Eastern Lebanon County SD school district. It serves grades K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fort Zeller El Sch enrolls 285 students across grades K–2. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 8.8% Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 249 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 8.8% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
136 of the school's 285 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 126 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fort Zeller El Sch is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 48, state house district 102.
Fort Zeller El Sch is one of 5 schools in Eastern Lebanon County SD, based in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. The district serves 2,323 students district-wide and employs 168 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 285 students, Fort Zeller El Sch is smaller than the district average of about 465 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe