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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURRELL SD·NCES 420453004333
Bon Air Elementary School
3260 Leechburg Rd, Lower Burrell, PA 15068 · (724) 334-1463 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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
13.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
227 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 30% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Bon Air Elementary School→Stewart Elementary School→Charles A Huston Middle School→Burrell High School
Based on grade levels within Burrell SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
72.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +16.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 16 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 72.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 55.7% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Bon Air Elementary School
Bon Air Elementary School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Air Elementary School this school | 447 | 50.8% | 59.7% |
| Fort Cherry El Center Mc Donald | 455 | 51.4% | 68.2% |
| Sheridan Terrace Elementary School North Huntingdon | 417 | 49.9% | 77.8% |
| Ward L Myers Elementary School Muncy | 451 | 48.6% | 53.5% |
| Selinsgrove Area Elementary School Selinsgrove | 472 | 50.8% | N/A |
| East Pike Elementary School Indiana | 445 | 52.8% | 63.8% |
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 Bon Air Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #603 of 1,396 | #26 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #240 of 1,511 ▲ 355 | #13 of 38 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #635 of 1,511 ▲ 68 | #26 of 38 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #696 of 1,638 | #18 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #803 of 1,528 | #12 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #1,095 of 1,531 | #11 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #985 of 1,600 | #21 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #482 of 1,045 | #12 of 33 |
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
447
-43 (-9%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 248
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 447 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 51% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 31.9 | 15.3:1 | 47% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 31.3 | 15.9:1 | 43% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 38% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 31.8 | 16.3:1 | 37% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 34% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 31% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 27 | 21.4:1 | 26% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 248 | 12 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bon Air Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (520 to 447); teachers up 7% (31.8 to 34).
About Bon Air Elementary School
Bon Air Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania. The school counted 447 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 3.
Burrell SD is responsible for 4 schools, Bon Air Elementary School included, with 1,671 students in all.
Roughly 87% of students at Bon Air Elementary School are White. Other groups include 9% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
Bon Air Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher, from 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Westmoreland County average a similar 53%.
Bon Air Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bon Air Elementary School is 3.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 59.7%. Predicted: 55.8%.
In Westmoreland County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Counting Bon Air Elementary School, Westmoreland County has 85 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Charles A Huston Middle School is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bon Air Elementary School. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bon Air Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Bon Air Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 447, compared with 490 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.2:1) than in 2020-21 (14.4:1).
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Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burrell SD
- Burrell High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Charles A Huston Middle SchoolMiddle · 399 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Other schools in Lower Burrell
- Burrell High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Charles A Huston Middle SchoolMiddle · 399 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Other Bon Air Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bon Air Elementary. Bon Air Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Bon Air ElementaryBon Air, VA · 488 students
- Bon Air Elementary SchoolKokomo, IN · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Charles A Huston Middle School0.4 mi · 399
- Burrell High School0.5 mi · 566
- Stewart Elementary School1.1 mi · 259
- Martin School2.5 mi · 147
- Highlands SHS2.6 mi · 665
- Highlands Early Childhood Center2.6 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Bon Air Elementary SchoolHow large is Bon Air Elementary School?
Bon Air Elementary School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Bon Air Elementary School serve?
Bon Air Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bon Air Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bon Air Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bon Air Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bon Air Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bon Air Elementary School in?
Bon Air Elementary School is part of Burrell SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.