Best Public Schools in Bear Creek Township, PA

Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania has one public charter school, the Bear Creek Community Charter School, which serves grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 581 students. The school is part of the Bear Creek Community Charter School District, which is ranked 330 out of 606 districts in Pennsylvania and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Bear Creek Community Charter School has a relatively low 1.4% dropout rate. Its math proficiency rate of 40% is slightly below the state average of 41.7%, but its 3rd grade math proficiency rate is significantly higher at 65.3%. In English Language Arts (ELA), the school's overall proficiency rate of 42.9% is lower than the state average of 48.5%, but its 6th grade ELA proficiency rate is higher at 58.8%. The school's science proficiency rate of 81.2% is notably higher than the state average of 65.8%.

The school has a high proportion of students from low-income families, with a 55.08% free and reduced lunch rate. Its spending per student is $14,359, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.8. While the school excels in science education, its academic performance in math and ELA is uneven, with some grade levels performing better than others. Overall, the data suggests that the Bear Creek Community Charter School has areas of strength, such as science proficiency and a low student-teacher ratio, but also faces challenges in ensuring consistent academic performance across all grade levels and serving a high proportion of students from low-income families.