Centre Hall-Potter El Sch

Set in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, Centre Hall-Potter El Sch is a tight-knit elementary campus, operated by Penns Valley Area SD. It serves 205 students across grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

Across the 4 schools in Penns Valley Area SD (1,271 students total), Centre Hall-Potter El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Centre Hall-Potter El Sch records that nearly all students (95%) are White. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Centre Hall-Potter El Sch lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Centre Hall-Potter El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.7%, the actual is 77.3%, a residual of +15.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Centre County put median household income runs about $74,291, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Centre County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students), of which Centre Hall-Potter El Sch is one.

Pleasant Gap El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Centre Hall-Potter El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.2%.

Centre Hall-Potter El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 242 students in 2018 compared to 205 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.