1
What tradition at Central El Sch should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421140000175
Central Elementary School
4100 Middle Rd, Allison Park, PA 15101 · (412) 492-6320 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+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
14.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
55 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Hampton Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
81.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.4% | 81.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.2% | 80.6% |
% 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
83.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Elementary School
Central Elementary School's state test result (83.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 456 | 12.1% | 83.0% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School McMurray | 495 | 11.5% | 94.8% |
| Mars Area Primary Center Mars | 506 | 11.5% | N/A |
| Kutz Elementary School Doylestown | 436 | 8.3% | 78.4% |
| Buckingham Elementary School Buckingham | 442 | 11.5% | 76.7% |
| Hopewell Elementary School Center Valley | 426 | 13.8% | 75.6% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #66 of 1,396 | #25 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #90 of 1,511 ▼ 14 | #32 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #71 of 1,511 ▲ 1 | #24 of 141 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #668 of 1,638 | #44 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,237 of 1,528 | #112 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.7% | #1,235 of 1,531 | #134 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #1,541 of 1,600 | #136 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #907 of 1,045 | #58 of 73 |
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
456
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 456 | 30.7 | 14.9:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 31.4 | 14.8:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 30.2 | 14.4:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 12% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 34 | 18.2:1 | 6% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 25 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (473 to 456); teachers down 1% (31 to 30.7).
About Central Elementary School
In Allison Park, Pennsylvania, part of Allegheny County, Central Elementary School is an elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 456 students enrolled.
Hampton Township SD is the district for Central Elementary School. It has 5 schools and 2,567 students.
Central Elementary School's enrollment is 91% White. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Hispanic. Census figures show Allegheny County is about 76% White. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Central Elementary School is 30.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.9:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school counts 55 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 12%. It compares with 54% for public schools in Allegheny County.
allk12 grades Central Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 83.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 72.4%.
In the county around the school, Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 277 public schools in Allegheny County, enrolling about 141,392 students in all.
The shortest distance from Central Elementary School to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Hampton High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 85.3%, higher than Central Elementary School's 83.0%.
NCES describes the area around Central Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Central Elementary School climbed 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 442 to 456 students. The ratio was 13.8:1 in 2020-21 and 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Central Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton Township SD
- Hampton High SchoolHigh · 865 students
- Hampton Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wyland Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Poff Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
Other schools in Allison Park
- Hampton High SchoolHigh · 865 students
- Hampton Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Wyland Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Hosack Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Burchfield Primary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- A W Beattie Career CenterHigh · 7 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 50th largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 694 students
- Central Elementary SchoolBeaver Falls, PA · 466 students
- Central Elementary SchoolSouth Williamsport, PA · 414 students
- Central Elementary SchoolFranklin, PA · 342 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElizabeth, PA · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Hampton High School1.1 mi · 865
- Hampton Middle School1.5 mi · 606
- Burchfield Primary School1.9 mi · 339
- Hartwood Elementary School2.1 mi · 386
- Fairview Elementary School2.2 mi · 387
- Dorseyville Middle School2.3 mi · 981
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolHow large is Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
Is Central Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Central Elementary School have?
Central Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Central Elementary School in?
Central Elementary School is part of Hampton Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.