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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 17954

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Summary:

The 17954 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Minersville Area Elementary Center, which serves the Minersville Area School District. This school has faced declining performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 890 out of 1,534 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,010 out of 1,511 in 2024-2025, and a consistent 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Minersville Area Elementary Center lags behind state averages in both math and English language arts proficiency across all grade levels. In 2024-2025, the school's math proficiency rate for all grades was 31.4% compared to the state average of 41.7%, and its ELA proficiency rate was 42.1% compared to the state's 48.5%. The school also serves a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 100% in 2023-2024, which may contribute to the academic challenges.

Despite the school's challenges, it does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11:1 for the 2023-2024 school year, and per-student spending of $16,723 for the 2022-2023 school year. However, these investments have not yet translated into improved academic outcomes for the students at Minersville Area Elementary Center, which remains the sole elementary school serving the 17954 zip code and the Minersville Area School District.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/reduced lunch	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Vaccination: Kindergartners with 2 doses of MMR	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Early Childhood Edu Center	Public	PK-K	24 Llewellyn Road	Pottsville	17954	Schuylkill County	Minersville Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 544-1400	101	6	16.0		78 (77.2%)	1 (1.0%)	15 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.9%)								(n/a)	88.2%		$15,506	$660	$14,847

Cities Near Zip Code 17954

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Minersville	0.36 mi	1	623^rd
Pottsville	0.46 mi	6	660^th
Mar Lin	0.7 mi	1
Saint Clair	4.38 mi	1	552^nd
Ashland	5.83 mi	2	612^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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