Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTROSE AREA SD·NCES 421581005354
Choconut Valley Elementary School
4458 Stanley Lake Road, Friendsville, PA 18818 · (570) 278-7300 · Susquehanna County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- 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
10.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
238 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Choconut Valley Elementary School→Montrose Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Montrose Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
57.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 60.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 31 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 Choconut Valley Elementary School
Choconut Valley Elementary School's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choconut Valley Elementary School this school | 251 | 94.8% | 67.7% |
| Summit Township Elementary School Butler | 259 | 95.0% | 53.4% |
| Strodes Mills Elementary School McVeytown | 254 | 98.8% | 52.1% |
| Coudersport Area Elementary School Coudersport | 265 | 98.9% | 64.4% |
| Laurel Valley Elementary School New Florence | 238 | 96.6% | 47.5% |
| Commodore Perry School Hadley | 223 | 97.3% | 55.9% |
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 Choconut Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Susquehanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #360 of 1,396 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #603 of 1,511 ▼ 124 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #205 of 1,511 ▲ 124 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,409 of 1,638 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #145 of 1,528 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #1,410 of 1,531 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #580 of 1,600 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #646 of 1,045 | 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
251
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 251 | 23.7 | 10.6:1 | 95% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 22.4 | 10.9:1 | 97% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 24.2 | 10.2:1 | 40% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 24 | 10.8:1 | 42% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 23.8 | 11.7:1 | 42% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 25 | 10.9:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 29% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 29 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Choconut Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (279 to 251); teachers unchanged (23.8 to 23.7).
About Choconut Valley Elementary School
Friendsville, Pennsylvania, is home to Choconut Valley Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. Its enrollment is 251 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.
Federal data list 3 schools in Montrose Area SD, with 1,217 students enrolled.
White students are 94% of those enrolled at Choconut Valley Elementary School. Next come 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Susquehanna County, where about 95% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Choconut Valley Elementary School has 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.6:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%. That rate is above the 78% average among public schools in Susquehanna County.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Choconut Valley Elementary School outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Choconut Valley Elementary School scores 30.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 67.7% actual versus 37.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Susquehanna County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $68,487 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Choconut Valley Elementary School, Susquehanna County has 15 public schools.
The closest school to Choconut Valley Elementary School is BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 7.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Choconut Valley Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
The school's student count decreased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Choconut Valley Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Susquehanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,219
Census ACS
Median income
$68,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,728 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montrose Area SD
- Montrose Area JSHSHigh · 565 students
- Lathrop Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.3 mi · 401
- GLENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 310
- VESTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL8.8 mi · 847
- AFRICAN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 325
- CLAYTON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 250
- VESTAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.9 mi · 1,015
Frequently asked questions
About Choconut Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Choconut Valley Elementary School?
Choconut Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Choconut Valley Elementary School serve?
Choconut Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Choconut Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Choconut Valley Elementary School is approximately 10.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Choconut Valley Elementary School?
At Choconut Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Choconut Valley Elementary School public or private?
Choconut Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montrose Area SD.
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