Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST STROUDSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420867000373
Bushkill Elementary School
131 North School Dr, Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328 · (570) 588-4400 · Pike County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% 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.
- DBeats 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
11.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
211 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
41.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
34.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 37.2% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Bushkill Elementary School
Bushkill Elementary School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushkill Elementary School this school | 405 | 52.1% | 43.5% |
| J M Hill Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 471 | 50.7% | 43.8% |
| Resica Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 404 | 53.5% | 47.9% |
| Middle Smithfield Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 420 | 57.1% | 40.6% |
| York Twp Elementary School York | 415 | 50.6% | 49.1% |
| Smithfield Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 327 | 40.4% | 60.0% |
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 Bushkill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Pike County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #1,010 of 1,396 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,087 of 1,511 ▼ 85 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #979 of 1,511 ▲ 117 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #860 of 1,638 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #278 of 1,528 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #35 of 1,531 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #961 of 1,600 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #348 of 450 | N/A |
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
405
+92 (+29%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 405 | 35.6 | 11.4:1 | 52% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 32.3 | 12.5:1 | 52% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 32.3 | 11.3:1 | 70% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 56% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 31.8 | 12.3:1 | 47% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 32 | 11.5:1 | 64% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 56% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 18% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bushkill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (392 to 405); teachers up 12% (31.8 to 35.6).
About Bushkill Elementary School
Bushkill Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in East Stroudsburg Area SD. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 405 students enrolled.
Bushkill Elementary School is among 10 schools run by East Stroudsburg Area SD, which serves 6,353 students.
White students make up 41% of enrollment at Bushkill Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 22% multiracial, 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% Native American. That compares with about 79% White among all Pike County residents. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Bushkill Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. The school has 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Federal data show 52% of students (211) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Pike County is 11 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Bushkill Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school with Bushkill Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 55.3%. Bushkill Elementary School scores 43.5%, 11.7 points below that line.
For Pike County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $81,323 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Pike County number 14, with about 8,615 students.
Among nearby public schools, Lehman Intermediate School is closest at about 0.4 miles. Bushkill Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Bushkill Elementary School comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Bushkill Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 405 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 313. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.1:1 in 2020-21, and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Bushkill Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,621
Census ACS
Median income
$81,323
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
8,615 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Stroudsburg Area SD
- East Stroudsburg SHS SouthHigh · 1,359 students
- East Stroudsburg SHS NorthHigh · 917 students
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- East Stroudsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 603 students
- Lehman Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- J M Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other schools in Dingmans Ferry
- East Stroudsburg SHS NorthHigh · 917 students
- Lehman Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Dingman-Delaware Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Dingman-Delaware Primary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Dingman-Delaware Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Lehman Intermediate School0.4 mi · 540
- East Stroudsburg SHS North0.5 mi · 917
- Resica Elementary School7.9 mi · 404
- Dingman-Delaware Middle School9.0 mi · 532
- Dingman-Delaware Primary School9.0 mi · 493
- Dingman-Delaware Elementary School9.1 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Bushkill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bushkill Elementary School?
Bushkill Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bushkill Elementary School serve?
Bushkill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bushkill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bushkill Elementary School is approximately 11.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bushkill Elementary School?
Bushkill Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Bushkill Elementary School in?
Bushkill Elementary School is part of East Stroudsburg Area SD.
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