Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEFONTE AREA SD·NCES 420324001341
Bellefonte Elementary School
100 W Linn St, Bellefonte, PA 16823 · (814) 355-5519 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
9.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
165 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
24%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 Bellefonte Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 47.4% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Bellefonte Elementary School
Bellefonte Elementary School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefonte Elementary School this school | 318 | 51.9% | 53.0% |
| William Penn Elementary School Monongahela | 333 | 54.1% | 64.3% |
| Robert D Wilson Elementary School Waymart | 345 | 52.2% | 63.1% |
| Marshall Elementary School Uniontown | 300 | 54.3% | 60.4% |
| Fairview Elementary School Midland | 303 | 54.5% | 55.1% |
| Paradise Elementary School Thomasville | 306 | 54.9% | 59.1% |
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 Bellefonte Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #791 of 1,396 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #813 of 1,511 ▲ 8 | #17 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #813 of 1,511 ▲ 8 | #18 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,178 of 1,638 | #11 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #55 of 1,528 | #3 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #1,106 of 1,531 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #964 of 1,600 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #467 of 1,045 | #8 of 11 |
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
318
-27 (-8%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 318 | 32.9 | 9.7:1 | 52% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 30.1 | 10.3:1 | 53% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 29.8 | 11.2:1 | 47% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 32 | 10.8:1 | 47% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 32.2 | 11.5:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 38% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 41% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 34% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 30 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellefonte Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (371 to 318); teachers up 2% (32.2 to 32.9).
About Bellefonte Elementary School
Bellefonte Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. In all, 318 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. The school is 28% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Bellefonte Area SD operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,579 students.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. It is also 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Among Centre County residents, the White share is about 84%. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Bellefonte Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.7:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 52%. Among public schools in Centre County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
Bellefonte Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The model predicts 55.4% for a school in Pennsylvania with Bellefonte Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Bellefonte Elementary School posts 53.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Centre County show that the median household earns about $74,291 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Centre County has 33 public schools with about 13,674 students, including Bellefonte Elementary School.
Bellefonte Area Middle School sits about 1.0 miles from Bellefonte Elementary School. Bellefonte Elementary School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 59.7% proficiency; Bellefonte Elementary School posts 53.0%.
The NCES locale for Bellefonte Elementary School is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 27 students, from 345 to 318. Students per teacher dropped from 10.8 in 2020-21 to 9.7 in 2024-25.
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Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellefonte Area SD
- Bellefonte Area High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Bellefonte Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Marion-Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Benner Elementary SchoolElementary · 252 students
- Pleasant Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
Other schools in Bellefonte
- Bellefonte Area High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Bellefonte Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Marion-Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Benner Elementary SchoolElementary · 252 students
Nearby schools
- Bellefonte Area Middle School1.0 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Area High School1.0 mi · 850
- Benner Elementary School2.2 mi · 252
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS2.2 mi · 832
- Wingate Elementary School2.2 mi · 365
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology3.1 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Bellefonte Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bellefonte Elementary School?
Bellefonte Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bellefonte Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bellefonte Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bellefonte Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bellefonte Elementary School is approximately 9.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bellefonte Elementary School?
At Bellefonte Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bellefonte Elementary School in?
Bellefonte Elementary School is part of Bellefonte Area SD.
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