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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIONTOWN AREA SD·NCES 422415002182
Ben Franklin School
351 Morgantown St, Uniontown, PA 15401 · (724) 439-5020 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest 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
15.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
486 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 39% smaller than its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Ben Franklin School→Uniontown Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Uniontown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 28.0% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Ben Franklin School
Ben Franklin School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Franklin School this school | 502 | 96.8% | 41.4% |
| Case Avenue Elementary School Sharon | 483 | 99.0% | 51.0% |
| Juniata Elementary School Altoona | 470 | 96.2% | 55.1% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School Altoona | 439 | 99.3% | 50.2% |
| South Allegheny Elementary School Port Vue | 635 | 93.2% | 44.1% |
| Iroquois Elementary School Erie | 557 | 97.5% | 53.8% |
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 Ben Franklin School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,047 of 1,396 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,188 of 1,511 ▼ 28 | #16 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #866 of 1,511 ▲ 60 | #8 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #529 of 1,638 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,335 of 1,528 | #17 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #504 of 1,531 | #2 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #512 of 1,600 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #982 of 1,045 | #16 of 16 |
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
502
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 502 | 32.4 | 15.5:1 | 97% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 33.9 | 14.4:1 | 100% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 32.2 | 16.1:1 | 90% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 91% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 100% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 100% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 59% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 45% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 30 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ben Franklin School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (510 to 502); teachers down 2% (33 to 32.4).
About Ben Franklin School
Ben Franklin School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 502 students in kindergarten through 8.
Ben Franklin School is part of Uniontown Area SD, where 9 schools serve 2,485 students.
White students are 67% of those enrolled at Ben Franklin School. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Fayette County overall, about 90% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.5 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. Ben Franklin School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 97%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ben Franklin School lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ben Franklin School is 36.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.4%.
The school is in Fayette County, where the median household earns about $58,236 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Fayette County, 39 public schools serve about 15,340 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Uniontown Area SHS, is about 0.8 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Ben Franklin School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 502, up from 463 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Ben Franklin School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,997
Census ACS
Median income
$58,236
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
15,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Uniontown Area SD
- Uniontown Area SHSHigh · 716 students
- Menallen SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- A J McMullen SchoolMiddle · 164 students
- Lafayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 150 students
- Wharton SchoolElementary · 141 students
Other schools in Uniontown
- Albert Gallatin Area SHSHigh · 920 students
- Laurel Highlands SHSHigh · 753 students
- Uniontown Area SHSHigh · 716 students
- Laurel Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Hatfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Menallen SchoolElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Uniontown Area SHS0.8 mi · 716
- Hatfield Elementary School0.9 mi · 342
- Laurel Highlands Middle School1.1 mi · 662
- Lafayette Middle School1.6 mi · 150
- Lafayette Elementary School1.6 mi · 283
- Laurel Highlands SHS1.6 mi · 753
Frequently asked questions
About Ben Franklin SchoolHow many students attend Ben Franklin School?
Ben Franklin School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Ben Franklin School serve?
Ben Franklin School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ben Franklin School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ben Franklin School is approximately 15.5:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ben Franklin School?
Student demographics at Ben Franklin School are roughly 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Ben Franklin School in?
Ben Franklin School is part of Uniontown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.