Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 213 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNS VALLEY AREA SD·NCES 421881001347
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School
211 North Hoffer Street, Centre Hall, PA 16828 · (814) 422-2000 · Centre County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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
15.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
76 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (45).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
80.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.3% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 76.7% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School this school | 205 | 37.1% | 77.3% |
| Loyalsock Valley Elementary School Montoursville | 197 | 33.5% | 65.7% |
| South Buffalo Elementary School Freeport | 221 | 41.6% | 74.2% |
| N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary School Red Lion | 240 | 36.3% | 53.0% |
| Fawn Area Elementary School Fawn Grove | 249 | 36.5% | 68.5% |
| West Newton Elementary School West Newton | 181 | 42.0% | 80.9% |
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 Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #158 of 1,396 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #103 of 1,511 ▲ 26 | #1 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #125 of 1,511 ▲ 302 | #3 of 19 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #1,521 of 1,638 | #17 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,291 of 1,528 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.5% | #1,437 of 1,531 | #14 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #1,208 of 1,600 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #431 of 1,045 | #7 of 11 |
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
205
+32 (+18%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 205 | 13.5 | 15.2:1 | 37% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 13.5 | 14.6:1 | 39% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 13.5 | 15.8:1 | 38% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 13 | 13.3:1 | 42% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 12.5 | 19.4:1 | 30% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 14 | 18.6:1 | 27% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 211 | 13 | 16.2:1 | 26% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 20% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 14 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (242 to 205); teachers up 8% (12.5 to 13.5).
About Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School, located in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school reports 205 students in pre-K through 4. The school's enrollment is 54% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Penns Valley Area SD counts 4 schools and 1,271 students, including Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School.
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 95% White. That compares with about 84% White among all Centre County residents. By the diversity index, Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School comes in at 9%.
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School counts 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.2 students for each one. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. About 37% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 61.7%. Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School scores 77.3%, 15.6 points above that line.
Centre County has these Census figures: median household income is about $74,291, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School is among the 33 public schools in Centre County.
The closest public school to Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School is Pleasant Gap Elementary School, about 3.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 173 in 2020-21 and 205 in 2024-25, an 18% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.2:1.
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Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Pleasant Gap Elementary School3.1 mi · 215
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology3.7 mi · 5
- Bellefonte Area High School6.1 mi · 850
- Bellefonte Area Middle School6.1 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Elementary School6.8 mi · 318
- Benner Elementary School7.2 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Centre Hall-Potter Elementary SchoolHow large is Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School?
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School enrolls approximately 205 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School serve?
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School have?
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School?
At Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School public or private?
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penns Valley Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.