Enrollment
95
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420384001610
Beaver-Main Elementary School
245 Beaver Valley Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 · (570) 784-0309 · Columbia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL95 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
37 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 Bloomsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
79.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.5% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 77.8% | 86.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Beaver-Main Elementary School
Beaver-Main Elementary School's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver-Main Elementary School this school | 95 | 38.9% | 82.8% |
| Port Matilda Elementary School Port Matilda | 94 | 41.5% | 64.5% |
| Mountaintop Area Elementary School Snow Shoe | 104 | 44.2% | 67.2% |
| Howard Elementary School Howard | 87 | 47.1% | 78.7% |
| Patterson Primary School Beaver Falls | 141 | 35.5% | N/A |
| Mill Village Elementary School Mill Village | 102 | 52.9% | 85.1% |
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 Beaver-Main Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 95 | #1,624 of 1,638 | #8 of 8 |
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
95
-8 (-8%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 168
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 95 | 7 | 13.6:1 | 39% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 6.8 | 13.4:1 | 41% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 99 | 8 | 12.3:1 | 39% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 103 | 6 | 17.2:1 | 35% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 102 | 9.7 | 10.5:1 | 38% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 107 | 9 | 11.9:1 | 48% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 133 | 9 | 14.8:1 | 38% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 103 | 7 | 14.7:1 | 34% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 168 | 10 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaver-Main Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (102 to 95); teachers down 28% (9.7 to 7).
About Beaver-Main Elementary School
Beaver-Main Elementary School is an elementary school in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, reachable at (570) 784-0309. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 95 students. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 79% below that mark.
Beaver-Main Elementary School belongs to Bloomsburg Area SD, a district of 5 schools and 1,492 students.
The share of students at Beaver-Main Elementary School who are White is 96%. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Beaver-Main Elementary School are from different groups.
With 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Columbia County, the average is 56%.
Beaver-Main Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 96% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Beaver-Main Elementary School scores 21.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 82.8% actual versus 60.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Columbia County show that median household income comes to about $64,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Columbia County counts 20 public schools with about 7,501 students.
Central Columbia SHS is about 5.2 miles from Beaver-Main Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Beaver-Main Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Beaver-Main Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Beaver-Main Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 8%. The ratio was 17.2:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
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- Central Columbia SHS5.2 mi · 601
- Central Columbia Elementary School5.3 mi · 705
- Central Columbia Middle School5.4 mi · 587
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School5.6 mi · 609
- West Berwick Elementary School7.2 mi · 487
- Nescopeck Elementary School8.0 mi · 151
Frequently asked questions
About Beaver-Main Elementary SchoolHow large is Beaver-Main Elementary School?
Beaver-Main Elementary School enrolls approximately 95 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Beaver-Main Elementary School serve?
Beaver-Main Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Beaver-Main Elementary School have?
Beaver-Main Elementary School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Beaver-Main Elementary School?
Student demographics at Beaver-Main Elementary School are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
What district is Beaver-Main Elementary School in?
Beaver-Main Elementary School is part of Bloomsburg Area SD.
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