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What's something Bellaire El Sch does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLISLE AREA SD·NCES 420501001692
Bellaire Elementary School
905 Waggoner's Gap Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013 · (717) 240-6800 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
244 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 49.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Bellaire Elementary School
Bellaire Elementary School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire Elementary School this school | 407 | 60.0% | 59.7% |
| Mooreland Elementary School Carlisle | 372 | 61.6% | 54.6% |
| Blair Mill Elementary Hatboro | 361 | 53.7% | 60.5% |
| Kunkel Elementary School Middletown | 369 | 59.9% | 61.2% |
| West Creek Hills Elementary School Camp Hill | 587 | 57.2% | 55.9% |
| James Burd Elementary School Shippensburg | 529 | 63.9% | 56.3% |
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 Bellaire Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #604 of 1,396 | #18 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #568 of 1,511 ▲ 198 | #15 of 34 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #480 of 1,511 ▲ 55 | #13 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #853 of 1,638 | #19 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,255 of 1,528 | #26 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #118 of 1,531 | #5 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #818 of 1,600 | #9 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #371 of 450 | #9 of 10 |
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
407
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 407 | 27.3 | 14.9:1 | 60% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 28.1 | 14.1:1 | 61% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 27.3 | 14.9:1 | 62% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 53% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 24.2 | 16.4:1 | 43% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 39% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 37% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 24% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 22 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellaire Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (397 to 407); teachers up 12% (24.2 to 27.3).
About Bellaire Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Bellaire Elementary School is part of Carlisle Area SD. It teaches 407 students in kindergarten through 5.
Bellaire Elementary School is one of the 10 schools that make up Carlisle Area SD (5,087 students in total).
The biggest share of students at Bellaire Elementary School, 49%, is White. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% Asian, and 11% multiracial. That compares with about 82% White among all Cumberland County residents. The diversity index for Bellaire Elementary School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bellaire Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. A total of 244 students, or 60%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 19 points lower.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Bellaire Elementary School outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bellaire Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 59.7% actual against 51.9% predicted.
In Cumberland County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $87,494, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 57 public schools in the county, enrolling about 33,044, Bellaire Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Bellaire Elementary School is closest to Wilson Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.5%; Bellaire Elementary School's is 59.7%, ranking 1st of 9.
Bellaire Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 383 to 407, a 6% rise.
Bellaire Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carlisle Area SD
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Mooreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Carlisle
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Middlesex Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other Bellaire Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bellaire Elementary. Bellaire Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 674 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolHURST, TX · 672 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolBellaire, OH · 489 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Middle School0.2 mi · 604
- Carlisle Area High School0.5 mi · 1,559
- Crestview Elementary School0.9 mi · 541
- Hamilton Elementary School1.0 mi · 388
- Mooreland Elementary School1.3 mi · 372
- Letort Elementary School1.5 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About Bellaire Elementary SchoolHow large is Bellaire Elementary School?
Bellaire Elementary School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bellaire Elementary School serve?
Bellaire Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bellaire Elementary School have?
Bellaire Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Bellaire Elementary School?
Bellaire Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Bellaire Elementary School?
Bellaire Elementary School is overseen by Carlisle Area SD in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.