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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER LATROBE SD·NCES 421098004379
Baggaley Elementary School
4080 Route 982, Latrobe, PA 15650 · (724) 539-4531 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
189 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Greater Latrobe SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
52.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 53.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Baggaley Elementary School
Baggaley Elementary School's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baggaley Elementary School this school | 510 | 37.1% | 59.3% |
| Laurel Elementary School New Castle | 503 | 37.4% | 72.3% |
| Hartman El Center Catawissa | 480 | 36.0% | 65.8% |
| Cambria Elementary School Ebensburg | 542 | 36.7% | 61.3% |
| Knoch Primary School Saxonburg | 536 | 34.1% | 69.3% |
| Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade Center East Greenville | 466 | 36.7% | 62.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Baggaley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #613 of 1,396 | #27 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #743 of 1,511 ▼ 94 | #30 of 38 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #394 of 1,511 ▲ 195 | #16 of 38 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #504 of 1,638 | #11 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #841 of 1,528 | #13 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #1,330 of 1,531 | #34 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #1,209 of 1,600 | #31 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #906 of 1,045 | #27 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
510
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 510 | 38.5 | 13.3:1 | 37% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 37.8 | 13.8:1 | 36% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 39.8 | 12.4:1 | 45% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | N/A | N/A | 44% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 37.8 | 14.0:1 | 38% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 33% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 26% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 28% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 31 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baggaley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (529 to 510); teachers up 2% (37.8 to 38.5).
About Baggaley Elementary School
Baggaley Elementary School, located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 510 students.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Greater Latrobe SD totals 3,285 students.
Baggaley Elementary School is 93% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Westmoreland County, where about 92% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Baggaley Elementary School scores 14%.
Teacher count: 38.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 37%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Westmoreland County is 53%.
Baggaley Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Test results at Baggaley Elementary School are 2.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (59.3% actual, 61.7% predicted).
The school is in Westmoreland County, where median household income comes to about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westmoreland County counts 85 public schools with about 41,302 students.
Greater Latrobe SHS, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.9%; Baggaley Elementary School's is 59.3%, ranking 5th of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 515 to 510.
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Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Latrobe SD
- Greater Latrobe SHSHigh · 1,115 students
- Latrobe Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Greater Latrobe Junior High SchoolMiddle · 499 students
Other schools in Latrobe
- Greater Latrobe SHSHigh · 1,115 students
- Latrobe Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Greater Latrobe Junior High SchoolMiddle · 499 students
- Dr Robert Ketterer CS IncHigh · 127 students
- Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology CenterHigh · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Greater Latrobe SHS1.1 mi · 1,115
- Greater Latrobe Junior High School1.2 mi · 499
- Dr Robert Ketterer CS Inc3.1 mi · 127
- Latrobe Elementary School3.1 mi · 627
- Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center3.4 mi · 6
- Mountain View Elementary School5.0 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Baggaley Elementary SchoolHow large is Baggaley Elementary School?
Baggaley Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-06.
Is Baggaley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Baggaley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Baggaley Elementary School have?
Baggaley Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Baggaley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Baggaley Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Baggaley Elementary School public or private?
Baggaley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greater Latrobe SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.