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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETERS TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421896000410
Bower Hill Elementary School
424 Bower Hill Road, Venetia, PA 15367 · (724) 941-0913 · Washington County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
91 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 160 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 163 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 185 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 181 | 26% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Bower Hill Elementary School→McMurray Elementary School→Peters Twp Middle School→Peters Twp High School
Based on grade levels within Peters Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
88.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
94.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 | 88.9% | 94.4% |
| 2023-24 | 92.2% | 92.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Bower Hill Elementary School
Bower Hill Elementary School's state test result (92.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bower Hill Elementary School this school | 689 | 13.2% | 92.1% |
| McMurray Elementary School McMurray | 608 | 12.2% | 86.3% |
| Scenic Hills Elementary School Springfield | 675 | 17.0% | 84.0% |
| New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary School Frederick | 606 | 17.8% | 57.5% |
| Churchville Elementary School Churchville | 558 | 15.1% | 62.3% |
| OHara Elementary School Pittsburgh | 726 | 13.8% | 88.3% |
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 Bower Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.1% | #6 of 1,396 | #2 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.4% | #5 of 1,511 ▼ 1 | #2 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #10 of 1,511 ▼ 5 | #2 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #151 of 1,638 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,486 of 1,528 | #23 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #1,193 of 1,531 | #16 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #1,528 of 1,600 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #383 of 450 | #8 of 8 |
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
689
+50 (+8%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 689 | 39.5 | 17.4:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 38.2 | 18.5:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 36.3 | 18.9:1 | 10% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 39.6 | 17.1:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 41 | 18.0:1 | 5% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 43 | 18.0:1 | 3% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 605 | 25 | 24.2:1 | 3% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bower Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (675 to 689); teachers unchanged (39.6 to 39.5).
About Bower Hill Elementary School
Bower Hill Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in Venetia, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 3, with 689 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 56% larger than that mark.
The 5 schools in Peters Township SD enroll 4,011 students altogether, Bower Hill Elementary School among them.
The share of White students at Bower Hill Elementary School is 89%. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Washington County overall, the White share is about 90%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bower Hill Elementary School scores 20%.
Classroom staffing at Bower Hill Elementary School totals 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 13% of students (91) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 49% for public schools in Washington County.
On the allk12 Grade, Bower Hill Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 99% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Bower Hill Elementary School is a top-10% school in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.0% with an actual 92.1%.
In the wider Washington County area, median household income comes to about $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Washington County's 56 public schools enroll about 26,079 students and include Bower Hill Elementary School.
Bower Hill Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is McMurray Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Bower Hill Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 92.1% against a local average of 78.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 689 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 639.
On allk12, people connected to Bower Hill Elementary School can post about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peters Township SD
- Peters Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,267 students
- Peters Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McMurray Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- McMurray Elementary School1.5 mi · 608
- Peters Twp High School2.4 mi · 1,267
- William Penn Elementary School2.8 mi · 212
- Peters Twp Middle School2.9 mi · 952
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School2.9 mi · 495
- George Washington Elementary School3.6 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Bower Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bower Hill Elementary School?
Bower Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 689 students in grades KG-03.
Is Bower Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bower Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Bower Hill Elementary School have?
Bower Hill Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bower Hill Elementary School?
At Bower Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bower Hill Elementary School public or private?
Bower Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Peters Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.