Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAWFORD CENTRAL SD·NCES 420708005037
Cochranton Elementary School
225 South Franklin Street, Cochranton, PA 16314 · (814) 425-2105 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
308 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 36% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
35.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 44.1% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Cochranton Elementary School
Cochranton Elementary School's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochranton Elementary School this school | 311 | 99.0% | 46.4% |
| Sullivan Co Elementary School Laporte | 306 | 99.0% | 44.6% |
| L R Appleman Elementary School Benton | 308 | 99.0% | 70.9% |
| North Clarion Co Elementary School Tionesta | 334 | 99.1% | 56.6% |
| Clark Wood Elementary School Elkland | 303 | 99.7% | 43.7% |
| West Snyder Elementary School Beaver Springs | 335 | 98.2% | 57.0% |
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 Cochranton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #951 of 1,396 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #918 of 1,511 ▼ 38 | #8 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,101 of 1,511 ▼ 58 | #12 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #1,209 of 1,638 | #9 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #948 of 1,528 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #1,428 of 1,531 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #380 of 1,600 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #220 of 1,045 | #2 of 12 |
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
311
-37 (-11%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 311 | 22.9 | 13.6:1 | 99% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 22.1 | 15.0:1 | 99% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 22.1 | 15.2:1 | 99% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 99% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 28.3 | 14.3:1 | 43% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 34% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 34% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cochranton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (403 to 311); teachers down 19% (28.3 to 22.9).
About Cochranton Elementary School
Cochranton Elementary School serves students in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, as a small elementary school. The school counted 311 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Cochranton Elementary School is one of the 8 schools that make up Crawford Central SD (2,993 students in total).
Of every 100 students at Cochranton Elementary School, about 95 are White. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Crawford County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
Staffing at Cochranton Elementary School comes to 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.6:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Crawford County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cochranton Elementary School is 11.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.4% actual, 35.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Crawford County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $60,476 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Crawford County number 26, with about 9,156 students.
Cochranton Elementary School's nearest public school is Cochranton JSHS (about 1.1 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is 5. Ranked by average proficiency, Cochranton Elementary School places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Cochranton Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% drop, from 348 to 311.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,716
Census ACS
Median income
$60,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crawford Central SD
- Meadville Area SHSHigh · 708 students
- Cochranton JSHSHigh · 341 students
- Meadville Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- First District Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Neason Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Second District Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Nearby schools
- Cochranton JSHS1.1 mi · 341
- Neason Hill Elementary School9.3 mi · 333
- Crawford County Career and Technical Center9.6 mi · 16
- Meadville Middle School9.7 mi · 340
- Meadville Area SHS9.7 mi · 708
- Second District Elementary School10.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Cochranton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cochranton Elementary School?
Cochranton Elementary School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cochranton Elementary School serve?
Cochranton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Cochranton Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Cochranton Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Cochranton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cochranton Elementary School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Cochranton Elementary School in?
Cochranton Elementary School is part of Crawford Central SD.
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