The top reported proficiency rate is 91% in Science. The lowest is 49% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on East Stroudsburg El Sch
East Stroudsburg Elementary School serves a small and economically mixed population in the heart of the Pocono Mountains, where about half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and the enrollment spans the full racial and ethnic spectrum of the region. The school draws from a borough in active growth, where East Stroudsburg University and a major hospital anchor civic life, and where new residential construction and rising home values suggest sustained demand for family housing.
On state assessments in 2024-25, the school's reading proficiency sits around the midpoint, while math proficiency ran slightly lower. Science results from the prior year were notably strong. Against other districts in Monroe County, the school's combined proficiency across tested subjects and grades ranks in the top quartile, placing it above the median performance locally. This positioning reflects a school that is holding its ground academically, though reading and math results suggest room for growth in the tested grades, three through five.
The school enrolls students fairly evenly across kindergarten through fifth grade, with about half the student body receiving federal meal support. White students and Black students each make up substantial shares; American Indian and Alaska Native students, Hispanic students, and students identifying as two or more races round out the enrollment. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available.
The district itself is in transition. East Stroudsburg Area received a major state tax equity supplement in 2024, the largest of any district statewide, which eases pressure on local property taxes but remains a recurring question for family budgets. More visibly, the district is weighing structural changes: a feasibility study is underway that may result in consolidating high schools, realigning attendance areas, or selling another elementary building. These conversations reflect declining enrollment district-wide, though the elementary school's stable enrollment suggests that concern is sharpest at the secondary level. The district has also rolled out a co-teaching model pairing special education and general education teachers in kindergarten through second grade classrooms, a pedagogy shift that touches how primary instruction happens daily.
East Stroudsburg itself is a walkable historic borough with a compact downtown on Crystal Street anchored by restored Victorian buildings and the former railroad station, now a community landmark. Dansbury Park, at the center of civic life, hosts a public pool, fields, courts, and a community center, and connects to a multi-mile regional trail system. The borough sits at the gateway to the Pocono Mountains and is near Interstate 80, making it accessible for commuting. Housing values have risen modestly, and new residential development is active in and around the borough, with builders adding homes across multiple price points. The area's growth—fueled partly by East Stroudsburg University enrollment gains and a major hospital expansion—suggests the school is serving a community with momentum and family investment.
For families considering the school, the picture is of a solid neighborhood elementary in a small borough experiencing demographic and economic change, with proficiency results that are competitive locally but with math and reading results in the tested grades that a parent may want to look into further with the school.
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