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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE MOUNTAIN SD·NCES 420387004659
Blue Mountain El East School
675 Red Dale Rd, Orwigsburg, PA 17961 · (570) 366-1065 · Schuylkill County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
214 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 Blue Mountain SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 51.8% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Blue Mountain El East School
Blue Mountain El East School's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain El East School this school | 609 | 35.1% | 57.4% |
| Oley Valley Elementary School Oley | 593 | 34.6% | 61.4% |
| Greencastle-Antrim Elementary School Greencastle | 671 | 36.4% | 62.7% |
| Park Hills Elementary School Hanover | 572 | 38.8% | 53.4% |
| North East Elementary School North East | 589 | 29.9% | 70.7% |
| Southern Elementary School Glen Rock | 527 | 32.6% | 64.7% |
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 Blue Mountain El East School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #668 of 1,396 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #647 of 1,511 ▲ 58 | #4 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #719 of 1,511 ▼ 91 | #4 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #252 of 1,638 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #620 of 1,528 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #1,191 of 1,531 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #1,248 of 1,600 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #944 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
609
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 609 | 48.4 | 12.6:1 | 35% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 45.5 | 13.7:1 | 34% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 44.8 | 13.8:1 | 33% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 47 | 12.5:1 | 27% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 48.5 | 12.9:1 | 31% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 31% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 20% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 16% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 895 | 45 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Mountain El East School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (625 to 609); teachers unchanged (48.5 to 48.4).
About Blue Mountain El East School
Blue Mountain El East School is one of the public schools in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania. It is a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 609 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Blue Mountain SD totals 2,412 students.
Blue Mountain El East School's enrollment is 89% White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic. For comparison, Schuylkill County is about 88% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 48.4 full-time equivalents, or about 12.6 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Schuylkill County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Blue Mountain El East School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 40% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Blue Mountain El East School is 5.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (57.4% versus 62.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Federal survey data for Schuylkill County show that the median household income is $68,313, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 35 public schools in Schuylkill County, enrolling about 18,259 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Blue Mountain Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Blue Mountain El East School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Blue Mountain El East School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Federal data show a 3% enrollment rise, from 589 in 2020-21 to 609 in 2024-25.
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Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Mountain SD
- Blue Mountain High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Blue Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Blue Mountain El West SchoolElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Blue Mountain Middle School0.1 mi · 561
- Blue Mountain High School2.6 mi · 791
- Schuylkill Haven El Center4.3 mi · 451
- Schuylkill Haven SHS4.4 mi · 455
- Schuylkill Haven Middle School4.6 mi · 255
- Gillingham Charter School6.1 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Mountain El East SchoolHow large is Blue Mountain El East School?
Blue Mountain El East School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades KG-05.
Is Blue Mountain El East School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blue Mountain El East School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Blue Mountain El East School have?
Blue Mountain El East School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Blue Mountain El East School?
Student demographics at Blue Mountain El East School are roughly 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Blue Mountain El East School in?
Blue Mountain El East School is part of Blue Mountain SD.
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