Enrollment
194
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN TIOGA SD·NCES 422237004070
Blossburg Elementary School
133 Hannibal St, Blossburg, PA 16912 · (570) 638-2146 · Tioga County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL194 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- C-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
10.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
144 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 36 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.2% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.7% | 34.5% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Blossburg Elementary School
Blossburg Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blossburg Elementary School this school | 194 | 74.2% | 38.4% |
| Pleasantville Elementary School Pleasantville | 201 | 76.6% | 54.8% |
| Main Street Elementary School Titusville | 219 | 75.8% | 62.2% |
| Forbes Road Elementary School Waterfall | 219 | 67.1% | 52.7% |
| Trinity South Elementary School Washington | 160 | 80.0% | 78.7% |
| Hydetown Elementary School Titusville | 204 | 65.2% | 69.4% |
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 Blossburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Tioga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,084 of 1,396 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #1,055 of 1,511 ▼ 4 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,051 of 1,511 ▲ 60 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 194 | #1,545 of 1,638 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #719 of 1,600 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #790 of 1,045 | #6 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
194
-15 (-7%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 194 | 19 | 10.2:1 | 74% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 68% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 19 | 12.3:1 | 60% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 17 | 12.3:1 | 56% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 16.7 | 12.5:1 | 55% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 199 | 19 | 10.5:1 | 49% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 54% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 42% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blossburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (208 to 194); teachers up 14% (16.7 to 19).
About Blossburg Elementary School
Blossburg Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Blossburg, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 194 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Southern Tioga SD runs 5 schools with a combined 1,692 students. Blossburg Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Blossburg Elementary School is 96% White. Other groups make up 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 96% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 19 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 10.2:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 74% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Tioga County average 73%.
Blossburg Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Blossburg Elementary School is 45.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.4%.
Within Tioga County, the median household income is $64,899, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Tioga County has 14 public schools and roughly 5,053 students.
The closest public school to Blossburg Elementary School is Warren L Miller Elementary School, about 8.3 miles away. Blossburg Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within ten miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.8%, higher than Blossburg Elementary School's 38.4%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Blossburg Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 209 in 2020-21 to 194 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.3:1 to 10.2:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,945
Census ACS
Median income
$64,899
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern Tioga SD
- North Penn-Mansfield JSHSHigh · 544 students
- Warren L Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- North Penn-Liberty JSHSHigh · 247 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Warren L Miller Elementary School8.3 mi · 522
- North Penn-Liberty JSHS8.7 mi · 247
- North Penn-Mansfield JSHS8.8 mi · 544
- Liberty Elementary School8.8 mi · 185
- Canton JSHS11.5 mi · 372
- Canton Area Elementary School11.6 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Blossburg Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Blossburg Elementary School?
Blossburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 194 students in grades KG-06.
Is Blossburg Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blossburg Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Blossburg Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Blossburg Elementary School.
How diverse is Blossburg Elementary School?
Blossburg Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Blossburg Elementary School public or private?
Blossburg Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southern Tioga SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.