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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL CAMBRIA SD·NCES 420534006646
Cambria Elementary School
212 Schoolhouse Rd, Ebensburg, PA 15931 · (814) 472-8432 · Cambria County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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
16.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
199 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 Central Cambria SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.7pp 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 65 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 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 59.7% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Cambria Elementary School
Cambria Elementary School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria Elementary School this school | 542 | 36.7% | 61.3% |
| Knoch Primary School Saxonburg | 536 | 34.1% | 69.3% |
| Laurel Elementary School New Castle | 503 | 37.4% | 72.3% |
| Baggaley Elementary School Latrobe | 510 | 37.1% | 59.3% |
| Hartman El Center Catawissa | 480 | 36.0% | 65.8% |
| Frankstown Elementary School Hollidaysburg | 622 | 38.7% | 65.4% |
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 Cambria Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cambria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #553 of 1,396 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #385 of 1,511 ▲ 111 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #694 of 1,511 ▲ 76 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #408 of 1,638 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,435 of 1,528 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #1,406 of 1,531 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,219 of 1,600 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.9% | #151 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
542
+70 (+15%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 542 | 32.8 | 16.5:1 | 37% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 36.5 | 12.1:1 | 45% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 37.3 | 12.1:1 | 42% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 31.7 | 15.2:1 | 40% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 31% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 34% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 33% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 31 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambria Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (480 to 542); teachers up 4% (31.7 to 32.8).
About Cambria Elementary School
Federal records list Cambria Elementary School as an elementary school in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 542 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 22% above average.
Central Cambria SD enrolls 1,503 students in 4 schools, including Cambria Elementary School.
The share of White students at Cambria Elementary School is 94%. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial. In Cambria County overall, the White share is about 91%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
Based on 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Cambria Elementary School has a ratio of 16.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cambria County, the average is 73%.
Cambria Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.9% at Cambria Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.3%.
In the wider Cambria County area, the median household earns about $58,418 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Cambria County, 37 public schools serve about 15,789 students.
The closest school to Cambria Elementary School is Central Cambria High School, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Cambria Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 61.3% is above the 52.9% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Cambria Elementary School as Rural: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 472 (2020-21) to 542 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.5:1.
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Cambria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,538
Census ACS
Median income
$58,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
15,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Cambria SD
- Central Cambria High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Central Cambria Middle SchoolMiddle · 347 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 105 students
Other schools in Ebensburg
- Central Cambria High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Central Cambria Middle SchoolMiddle · 347 students
- Admiral Peary Area Vocational-Technical SchoolHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Central Cambria High School0.2 mi · 509
- Central Cambria Middle School0.2 mi · 347
- Admiral Peary Area Vocational-Technical School0.2 mi · 24
- Blacklick Valley El Center5.1 mi · 316
- Blacklick Valley JSHS5.2 mi · 268
- Jackson Elementary School6.4 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Cambria Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cambria Elementary School?
Cambria Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cambria Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cambria Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cambria Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cambria Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cambria Elementary School?
At Cambria Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cambria Elementary School public or private?
Cambria Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Cambria SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.