Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL PARK SD·NCES 420351000055
Bethel Memorial Elementary School
3301 S Park Rd, Bethel Park, PA 15102 · (412) 854-8506 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
75 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 41% smaller than its 4th grade class (69).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Bethel Memorial Elementary School→Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School→Independence Middle School→Bethel Park High School
Based on grade levels within Bethel Park SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
71.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 69.7% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% 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 Bethel Memorial Elementary School
Bethel Memorial Elementary School's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Memorial Elementary School this school | 342 | 21.9% | 72.7% |
| South Hanover Elementary School Hershey | 371 | 19.4% | 79.7% |
| Fern Hill Elementary School West Chester | 408 | 22.3% | 68.4% |
| Belmont Hills Elementary School Bala Cynwyd | 358 | 15.4% | 85.2% |
| Worrall Elementary School Broomall | 449 | 22.7% | 74.1% |
| Wrightstown Elementary School Wrightstown | 399 | 18.3% | 75.8% |
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 Bethel Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #241 of 1,396 | #55 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #251 of 1,511 no change | #51 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #269 of 1,511 ▲ 24 | #56 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,095 of 1,638 | #86 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,021 of 1,528 | #89 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #612 of 1,531 | #65 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #1,422 of 1,600 | #117 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #308 of 450 | #43 of 63 |
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
342
+21 (+7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 342 | 24.8 | 13.8:1 | 22% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 24.8 | 14.8:1 | 20% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 22.8 | 15.3:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 19% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 12% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 14% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 12% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 18 | 20.1:1 | 6% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethel Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (326 to 342); teachers up 8% (23 to 24.8).
About Bethel Memorial Elementary School
Bethel Memorial Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 342 students covers kindergarten through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
Bethel Park SD is the local district for Bethel Memorial Elementary School. It runs 8 schools with 3,996 students.
Bethel Memorial Elementary School is 71% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. That is 0.7 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Bethel Memorial Elementary School reports 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Allegheny County averages 54%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Bethel Memorial Elementary School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Bethel Memorial Elementary School scores 72.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.2%.
Census estimates describe Allegheny County this way: the median household income is $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Bethel Memorial Elementary School, Allegheny County has 276 other public schools.
The closest public school, George Washington Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles from Bethel Memorial Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Bethel Memorial Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Bethel Memorial Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Bethel Memorial Elementary School's enrollment grew 7%, to 342.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethel Park SD
- Bethel Park High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Independence Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other schools in Bethel Park
- Bethel Park High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Independence Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- William Penn Elementary SchoolElementary · 212 students
Nearby schools
- George Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 313
- Bethel Park High School0.9 mi · 1,244
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School1.1 mi · 338
- Upper Saint Clair High School1.2 mi · 1,269
- Independence Middle School1.2 mi · 602
- William Penn Elementary School1.8 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Bethel Memorial Elementary SchoolHow large is Bethel Memorial Elementary School?
Bethel Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-04.
Is Bethel Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bethel Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bethel Memorial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bethel Memorial Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bethel Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bethel Memorial Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bethel Memorial Elementary School in?
Bethel Memorial Elementary School is part of Bethel Park SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.