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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER AREA SD·NCES 420459001148
Center Township Elementary School
950 Mercer Road, Butler, PA 16001 · (724) 287-8721 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
247 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Butler Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
61.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 61.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 58.6% |
% 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
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Center Township Elementary School
Center Township Elementary School's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township Elementary School this school | 584 | 42.3% | 66.6% |
| Frankstown Elementary School Hollidaysburg | 622 | 38.7% | 65.4% |
| Cambria Elementary School Ebensburg | 542 | 36.7% | 61.3% |
| Riverside Elementary School Ellwood City | 667 | 46.3% | 61.6% |
| Elk Lake Elementary School Springville | 563 | 45.5% | 50.8% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School Pine Grove | 563 | 48.1% | 65.9% |
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 Center Township Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #399 of 1,396 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #488 of 1,511 ▲ 28 | #13 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #291 of 1,511 ▲ 47 | #4 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #292 of 1,638 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #215 of 1,528 | #3 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #1,441 of 1,531 | #15 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #1,125 of 1,600 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #458 of 1,045 | #1 of 9 |
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
584
-60 (-9%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 584 | 52.7 | 11.1:1 | 42% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 51.2 | 11.9:1 | 41% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 51.1 | 12.3:1 | 40% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 48% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 53 | 12.9:1 | 37% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 55 | 14.0:1 | 38% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 20% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 38 | 18.8:1 | 13% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 33 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Center Township Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (683 to 584); teachers down 1% (53 to 52.7).
About Center Township Elementary School
Center Township Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Butler, Pennsylvania. The school has 584 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Besides Center Township Elementary School, Butler Area SD runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 5,762 students.
White students are 95% of those enrolled at Center Township Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% multiracial. That is in line with Butler County, where about 93% of residents are White. A diversity index of 9% means there is a 9% chance two randomly chosen students at Center Township Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 52.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. The school reported 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Center Township 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 71% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, Center Township Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 66.6% actual against a predicted 59.5%.
Census data for Butler County show the median household earns about $89,843 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Butler County number 39, with about 24,616 students.
Of the public schools around it, Center Township Elementary School is closest to Northwest Elementary School, about 2.7 miles away. Center Township Elementary School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Center Township Elementary School's average proficiency of 66.6% compares with 51.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
The school shrank from 644 students in 2020-21 to 584 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.2:1 to 11.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Center Township Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Butler Area SD
- Butler Area SHSHigh · 1,956 students
- Butler Area IHSMiddle · 1,291 students
- McQuistion Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Connoquenessing Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Summit Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Other schools in Butler
- Butler Area SHSHigh · 1,956 students
- Butler Area IHSMiddle · 1,291 students
- McQuistion Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Summit Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Emily Brittain Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Elementary School2.7 mi · 404
- Butler Area SHS3.0 mi · 1,956
- Butler County Area Vocational Technical School3.1 mi · 26
- Emily Brittain Elementary School3.3 mi · 255
- Broad Street Elementary School3.3 mi · 228
- Butler Area IHS3.3 mi · 1,291
Frequently asked questions
About Center Township Elementary SchoolHow large is Center Township Elementary School?
Center Township Elementary School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Center Township Elementary School serve?
Center Township Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Center Township Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Center Township Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Center Township Elementary School?
At Center Township Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Center Township Elementary School in?
Center Township Elementary School is part of Butler Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.