Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat 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 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch
Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch, a modestly sized elementary school in Berlin, Pennsylvania, run under Berlin Brothersvalley SD, educates 290 students, covering grades K through 4. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Berlin Brothersvalley SD, which oversees 3 schools and 769 students, Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Somerset County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.2%; this one delivers 56.1%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,446 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Somerset County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students), of which Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch is one.
The closest other public school is Berlin Brothersvalley MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.1%.
Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Berlin Brothersvalley El Sch's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 290).
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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