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Enrollment
892
Elementary
DISTRICT 863 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421971003915
Clarke El Center
601 North 16th St, Pottsville, PA 17901 · (570) 621-2945 · Schuylkill County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL892 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.1:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
625 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 180 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 166 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 199 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 169 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 178 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (180) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (178).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 Pottsville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.0pp since 2023
Math
37.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 33.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Clarke El Center
Clarke El Center's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke El Center this school | 892 | 70.1% | 44.3% |
| Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School Philadelphia | 962 | 69.1% | 41.5% |
| Carbondale Elementary School Carbondale | 755 | 74.6% | 27.5% |
| Tamaqua Elementary School Tamaqua | 697 | 67.4% | 43.9% |
| Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School Bristol | 623 | 74.8% | 48.0% |
| Pittston City Intrmd Center Pittston | 730 | 58.8% | 51.3% |
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 Clarke El Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #988 of 1,396 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #1,044 of 1,511 ▲ 33 | #10 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,121 of 1,511 ▼ 154 | #11 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 892 | #49 of 1,638 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #793 of 1,528 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #453 of 1,531 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.1% | #735 of 1,600 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,041 of 1,045 | #7 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
892
+144 (+19%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,185
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 892 | 68 | 13.1:1 | 70% (625) |
| 2023-24 | 845 | 63 | 13.4:1 | 74% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 70% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 748 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 63% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 58.6 | 15.3:1 | 63% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 953 | 66 | 14.4:1 | 63% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 1,061 | 70 | 15.2:1 | 60% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 1,019 | 47 | 21.7:1 | 44% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 1,185 | 61 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarke El Center.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (894 to 892); teachers up 16% (58.6 to 68).
About Clarke El Center
Clarke El Center serves students in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, as a large elementary school. It reports enrollment of 892 students in kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 101% bigger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Pottsville Area SD serves 2,588 students across 3 schools.
More than half of the students at Clarke El Center are White (63%). Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. That compares with about 88% White among all Schuylkill County residents. The diversity index for Clarke El Center is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 68 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. A total of 625 students, or 70%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Clarke El Center holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Clarke El Center is 3.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 44.3%. Predicted: 47.6%.
In Schuylkill County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $68,313 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Schuylkill County number 35, with about 18,259 students.
Among nearby public schools, Pottsville Area High School is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Clarke El Center. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Clarke El Center ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Clarke El Center is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment was 892 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 748.
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Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pottsville Area SD
- Pottsville Area High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Lengel Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
Other schools in Pottsville
- Pottsville Area High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Lengel Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
- Minersville Area JSHSHigh · 481 students
- Gillingham Charter SchoolCombined · 233 students
- Early Childhood Edu CenterElementary · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Pottsville Area High School0.3 mi · 976
- Lengel Middle School0.3 mi · 720
- Gillingham Charter School0.9 mi · 233
- Minersville Area El Center2.6 mi · 468
- Minersville Area JSHS2.8 mi · 481
- Saint Clair Area El/MS2.9 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About Clarke El CenterHow many students attend Clarke El Center?
Clarke El Center enrolls approximately 892 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Clarke El Center serve?
Clarke El Center serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clarke El Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clarke El Center is approximately 13.1:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clarke El Center?
At Clarke El Center, the student body is approximately 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Clarke El Center public or private?
Clarke El Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pottsville Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.