Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNCREST SD·NCES 421874001630
Cambridge Springs Elementary School
130 Steele St, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403 · (814) 398-4636 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
12.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
205 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 33% smaller than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.2% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 46.6% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Cambridge Springs Elementary School
Cambridge Springs Elementary School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Springs Elementary School this school | 353 | 58.1% | 56.4% |
| Newville Elementary School Newville | 351 | 57.3% | 48.4% |
| Indian Valley Elementary School Reedsville | 348 | 56.3% | 43.6% |
| Martinsburg Elementary School Martinsburg | 364 | 56.3% | 48.9% |
| Line Mountain Elementary School Trevorton | 355 | 56.1% | 49.1% |
| Southern Fulton Elementary School Warfordsburg | 346 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
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 Cambridge Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #696 of 1,396 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #896 of 1,511 ▼ 60 | #7 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #508 of 1,511 ▲ 21 | #3 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,046 of 1,638 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #562 of 1,528 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #1,336 of 1,531 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #845 of 1,600 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #226 of 1,045 | #4 of 12 |
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
353
-54 (-13%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 353 | 28.5 | 12.4:1 | 58% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 32.7 | 11.7:1 | 54% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 33.7 | 11.6:1 | 59% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 56% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 36.5 | 12.5:1 | 55% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 50% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 42% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 32% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 35 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambridge Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (456 to 353); teachers down 22% (36.5 to 28.5).
About Cambridge Springs Elementary School
Cambridge Springs Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. The school serves 353 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 20% smaller than that.
Penncrest SD is made up of 6 schools with 2,399 students in all.
White students are the large majority at Cambridge Springs Elementary School, with 93% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial. The White share in Crawford County as a whole is similar, at about 93%. By the diversity index, Cambridge Springs Elementary School comes in at 14%.
Federal data list 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cambridge Springs Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.4:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Crawford County is 79%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Cambridge Springs Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Cambridge Springs Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.4% is 3.7 points above the 52.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Crawford County, median household income is about $60,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cambridge Springs Elementary School is among the 26 public schools in Crawford County.
Cambridge Springs JSHS is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Local comparison: Cambridge Springs Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 56.4% versus a 63.9% average.
Cambridge Springs Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 407 to 353.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,716
Census ACS
Median income
$60,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penncrest SD
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Maplewood JSHSHigh · 431 students
- Saegertown JSHSHigh · 411 students
- Saegertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Cambridge Springs JSHSHigh · 345 students
Other schools in Cambridge Springs
- Cambridge Springs JSHSHigh · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Cambridge Springs JSHS0.1 mi · 345
- Edinboro Elementary School7.2 mi · 414
- Saegertown Elementary School7.3 mi · 405
- Mill Village Elementary School7.4 mi · 102
- Saegertown JSHS7.4 mi · 411
- James W Parker Middle School8.5 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Cambridge Springs Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cambridge Springs Elementary School?
Cambridge Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cambridge Springs Elementary School serve?
Cambridge Springs Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Cambridge Springs Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Cambridge Springs Elementary School.
How diverse is Cambridge Springs Elementary School?
Cambridge Springs Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Cambridge Springs Elementary School?
Cambridge Springs Elementary School is overseen by Penncrest SD in Crawford County.
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