Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEFONTE AREA SD·NCES 420324001339
Benner Elementary School
490 Buffalo Run Rd, Bellefonte, PA 16823 · (814) 355-2812 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- 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
13.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
59 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 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
15%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.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 73.6% |
% 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
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Benner Elementary School
Benner Elementary School's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benner Elementary School this school | 252 | 23.4% | 73.9% |
| Level Green Elementary School Trafford | 269 | 20.1% | 72.2% |
| David Leech Elementary School Leechburg | 287 | 22.0% | 57.1% |
| Springfield Elementary School Quakertown | 219 | 26.0% | 77.3% |
| Borland Manor Elementary School Canonsburg | 273 | 22.0% | 77.0% |
| Connoquenessing Elementary School Renfrew | 287 | 29.6% | 69.2% |
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 Benner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #218 of 1,396 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #187 of 1,511 ▼ 3 | #3 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #243 of 1,511 ▲ 167 | #8 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,400 of 1,638 | #14 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #824 of 1,528 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #1,298 of 1,531 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #1,403 of 1,600 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #191 of 450 | #4 of 7 |
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
252
+51 (+25%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 276
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 252 | 19.1 | 13.2:1 | 23% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 19.4 | 12.4:1 | 24% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 19.2 | 12.7:1 | 22% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 18 | 11.2:1 | 19% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 17.6 | 13.1:1 | 22% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 22% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 18 | 14.5:1 | 20% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 12 | 20.5:1 | 26% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 276 | 13 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (231 to 252); teachers up 9% (17.6 to 19.1).
About Benner Elementary School
Benner Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 252 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
Bellefonte Area SD has 2,579 students in 6 schools, and Benner Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Benner Elementary School is 92% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 84%. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Benner Elementary School employs 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 23% in 2024-25.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Benner Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Benner Elementary School is 6.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.9% actual, 67.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Centre County (population about 158,576), the median household income is $74,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Benner Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Bellefonte Elementary School, about 2.2 miles away. Benner Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Benner Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
Benner Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment grew 25% from its 2020-21 level of 201. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.2:1 to 13.2:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Benner Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Bellefonte Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 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
- Bellefonte Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Bellefonte Elementary School2.2 mi · 318
- Bellefonte Area Middle School2.9 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Area High School2.9 mi · 850
- Wingate Elementary School2.9 mi · 365
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS3.0 mi · 832
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology3.8 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Benner Elementary SchoolHow large is Benner Elementary School?
Benner Elementary School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Benner Elementary School serve?
Benner Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Benner Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Benner Elementary School.
How diverse is Benner Elementary School?
Benner Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Benner Elementary School in?
Benner Elementary School is part of Bellefonte Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.