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Which teacher or staff member at Central Columbia El Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 631 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL COLUMBIA SD·NCES 420537007260
Central Columbia Elementary School
4777 Old Berwick Rd, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 · (570) 784-2850 · Columbia County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.1:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
270 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (150).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 Columbia SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
73.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.1% | 72.0% |
% 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
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Central Columbia Elementary School
Central Columbia Elementary School's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Columbia Elementary School this school | 705 | 38.3% | 73.9% |
| Mohawk Elementary School New Castle | 709 | 36.2% | 66.7% |
| Blackhawk Intermediate School Beaver Falls | 708 | 40.4% | 67.0% |
| Frankstown Elementary School Hollidaysburg | 622 | 38.7% | 65.4% |
| Alloway Creek Elementary School Littlestown | 746 | 41.4% | 49.4% |
| Allison Park Elementary School Houston | 691 | 37.0% | 64.2% |
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 Central Columbia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #221 of 1,396 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #222 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #336 of 1,511 ▼ 80 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #137 of 1,638 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #776 of 1,528 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #1,228 of 1,531 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.3% | #1,189 of 1,600 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #329 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
705
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 844
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 705 | 54 | 13.1:1 | 38% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 55 | 12.8:1 | 38% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 52 | 13.4:1 | 37% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 33% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 48 | 14.1:1 | 35% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 36% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 27% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 46 | 16.7:1 | 19% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 844 | 49 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Columbia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (677 to 705); teachers up 13% (48 to 54).
About Central Columbia Elementary School
This page covers Central Columbia Elementary School, a large elementary school in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The school teaches kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 705 students. The school is 59% above the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Central Columbia SD runs 3 schools with a combined 1,893 students. Central Columbia Elementary School is one of them.
White students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Among Columbia County residents, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
Staffing at Central Columbia Elementary School comes to 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. Central Columbia Elementary School counts 38% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 56% average for public schools in Columbia County.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Columbia Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 88% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Central Columbia Elementary School is 12.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Columbia County show that median household income comes to about $64,644, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Columbia County counts 20 public schools with about 7,501 students.
Central Columbia Elementary School's nearest public school is Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Central Columbia Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Central Columbia Elementary School had a net gain of 29 students, or 4%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Columbia SD
- Central Columbia SHSHigh · 601 students
- Central Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
Other schools in Bloomsburg
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical SchoolHigh · 609 students
- Central Columbia SHSHigh · 601 students
- Central Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Bloomsburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- Bloomsburg Area High SchoolHigh · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School0.3 mi · 609
- Central Columbia Middle School0.4 mi · 587
- Central Columbia SHS0.5 mi · 601
- Beaver-Main Elementary School5.3 mi · 95
- Memorial Elementary School5.3 mi · 405
- Bloomsburg Area High School5.5 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Central Columbia Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Central Columbia Elementary School?
Central Columbia Elementary School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Central Columbia Elementary School serve?
Central Columbia Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Central Columbia Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Central Columbia Elementary School.
How diverse is Central Columbia Elementary School?
Central Columbia Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Central Columbia Elementary School public or private?
Central Columbia Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Columbia SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.