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Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARION AREA SD·NCES 420606005217
Clarion Area Elementary School
800 Boundary St, Clarion, PA 16214 · (814) 226-8118 · Clarion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-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
11.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
349 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Clarion Area Elementary School→Clarion Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Clarion Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 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 are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 55.2% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 22 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 Clarion Area Elementary School
Clarion Area Elementary School's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Area Elementary School this school | 352 | 99.1% | 57.2% |
| Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School Claysburg | 346 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
| West End Elementary School Meadville | 310 | 99.0% | 61.4% |
| Carroll Elementary School Shermans Dale | 344 | 97.7% | 44.3% |
| Mifflinburg Area Intrmd School Mifflinburg | 381 | 99.2% | 59.8% |
| SRU Elementary School East Smithfield | 382 | 99.0% | 41.5% |
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 Clarion Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Clarion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #674 of 1,396 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #623 of 1,511 ▼ 17 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #654 of 1,511 ▲ 125 | #5 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #1,048 of 1,638 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #222 of 1,528 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #1,101 of 1,531 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #372 of 1,600 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #486 of 1,045 | #5 of 7 |
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
352
-26 (-7%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 352 | 31.7 | 11.1:1 | 99% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 31.1 | 11.8:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 60% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 54% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 30.5 | 13.4:1 | 42% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 41% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 34% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 28% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 33 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarion Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (409 to 352); teachers up 4% (30.5 to 31.7).
About Clarion Area Elementary School
Clarion Area Elementary School is a small elementary school in Clarion, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Clarion Area SD. Federal data show 352 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 21% below average.
The district for Clarion Area Elementary School is Clarion Area SD, with 2 schools and 778 students.
The share of students at Clarion Area Elementary School who are White is 87%. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Clarion Area Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Clarion County report 72%.
On the allk12 Grade, Clarion Area Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 35.1%. Clarion Area Elementary School posts 57.2%, 22.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Clarion County show that the median household earns about $62,649 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Clarion County has 16 public schools with about 5,023 students, including Clarion Area Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Clarion Area JSHS is about 1.0 miles from Clarion Area Elementary School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Clarion Area Elementary School is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Clarion Area Elementary School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Clarion Area Elementary School enrolled 378 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 352. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.0:1 to 11.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Clarion Area Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Clarion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,179
Census ACS
Median income
$62,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,023 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Clarion Area JSHS1.0 mi · 426
- Clarion County Career Center3.0 mi · 4
- Clarion-Limestone Elementary School5.7 mi · 419
- Clarion-Limestone Area JSHS5.7 mi · 359
- Keystone JSHS7.9 mi · 393
- Keystone Elementary School8.0 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Clarion Area Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clarion Area Elementary School?
Clarion Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clarion Area Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clarion Area Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clarion Area Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clarion Area Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clarion Area Elementary School?
At Clarion Area Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Clarion Area Elementary School in?
Clarion Area Elementary School is part of Clarion Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.