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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT AREA SD·NCES 422214003054
Central Elementary School
555 W Mountain Ave, South Williamsport, PA 17702 · (570) 323-3694 · Lycoming County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
236 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 South Williamsport Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.3% | 65.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 (70.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 414 | 57.0% | 70.5% |
| Newport Elementary School Newport | 436 | 57.3% | 42.5% |
| McConnellsburg Elementary School McConnellsburg | 413 | 58.8% | 61.1% |
| Freedom Area Elementary School Freedom | 426 | 55.9% | 54.3% |
| Clarion-Limestone Elementary School Strattanville | 419 | 53.5% | 67.5% |
| Eagle View Elementary School Somerset | 439 | 58.5% | 61.8% |
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 Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #284 of 1,396 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #157 of 1,511 ▲ 189 | #2 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #215 of 1,511 ▲ 338 | #2 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #828 of 1,638 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #909 of 1,528 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #1,306 of 1,531 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #868 of 1,600 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #632 of 1,045 | #6 of 8 |
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
414
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 414 | 30.7 | 13.5:1 | 57% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 27.7 | 15.4:1 | 55% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 29.7 | 14.8:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 48% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 30.5 | 15.1:1 | 48% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 41% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 33% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 29% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (462 to 414); teachers up 1% (30.5 to 30.7).
About Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, under South Williamsport Area SD. It has an enrollment of 414 students in kindergarten through 4.
Central Elementary School is in South Williamsport Area SD, a district with 1,068 students across 3 schools.
Roughly 92% of students at Central Elementary School are White. Other students are 3% Black. Lycoming County residents are about 89% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Central Elementary School scores 15%.
Its staff includes 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.5 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. Central Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 57%.
Central Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school in Pennsylvania with Central Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 53.2%. Central Elementary School scores 70.5%.
In the wider Lycoming County area, the median household earns about $63,917 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Lycoming County, 30 public schools serve about 14,288 students.
Rommelt Elementary School is the nearest public school to Central Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Central Elementary School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Central Elementary School is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 443 to 414. The school's ratio dropped from 14.8:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Williamsport Area SD
- South Williamsport Area JSHSHigh · 478 students
- Rommelt Elementary SchoolMiddle · 176 students
Other schools in South Williamsport
- South Williamsport Area JSHSHigh · 478 students
- Rommelt Elementary SchoolMiddle · 176 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 63rd largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 694 students
- Central Elementary SchoolBeaver Falls, PA · 466 students
- Central Elementary SchoolAllison Park, PA · 456 students
- Central Elementary SchoolFranklin, PA · 342 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElizabeth, PA · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Rommelt Elementary School0.1 mi · 176
- South Williamsport Area JSHS0.1 mi · 478
- Curtin Intrmd School1.7 mi · 525
- Cochran Primary School2.0 mi · 538
- Loyalsock Twp Middle School2.9 mi · 353
- Loyalsock Twp SHS2.9 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Central Elementary School serve?
Central Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Elementary School?
At Central Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Central Elementary School public or private?
Central Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Williamsport Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.