Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER AREA SD·NCES 420459001150
Connoquenessing Elementary School
102 Connoquenessing School Road, Renfrew, PA 16053 · (724) 287-8721 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- B-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
13.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
85 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Butler Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
67.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.4% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 70.8% |
% 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Connoquenessing Elementary School
Connoquenessing Elementary School's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connoquenessing Elementary School this school | 287 | 29.6% | 69.2% |
| Penn Cambria Intrmd School Lilly | 290 | 34.5% | 51.7% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Millerstown | 313 | 33.2% | 69.0% |
| Marion-Walker Elementary School Bellefonte | 353 | 26.9% | 70.4% |
| Manheim Elementary School Glenville | 256 | 35.2% | 61.7% |
| Knoch Intermediate Elementary School Saxonburg | 296 | 37.2% | 68.9% |
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 Connoquenessing Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #310 of 1,396 | #9 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #343 of 1,511 ▼ 114 | #9 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #282 of 1,511 ▲ 168 | #3 of 19 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #1,290 of 1,638 | #17 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #991 of 1,528 | #11 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.5% | #1,522 of 1,531 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #1,331 of 1,600 | #13 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #140 of 450 | #5 of 10 |
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
287
+49 (+21%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 287 | 20.9 | 13.7:1 | 30% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 19.9 | 14.9:1 | 29% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 19.7 | 15.2:1 | 30% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 18 | 13.2:1 | 26% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 18.2 | 13.8:1 | 19% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 20 | 12.9:1 | 20% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 23% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 18 | 18.2:1 | 19% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 17 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Connoquenessing Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (251 to 287); teachers up 15% (18.2 to 20.9).
About Connoquenessing Elementary School
Connoquenessing Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in Renfrew, Pennsylvania. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 287 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Connoquenessing Elementary School sits within Butler Area SD, which has 9 schools and 5,762 students.
White students make up 98% of enrollment at Connoquenessing Elementary School. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.7:1, with 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Connoquenessing Elementary School is 30%.
allk12 grades Connoquenessing Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Connoquenessing Elementary School is +4.3 points: 69.2% actual, 64.9% predicted.
Butler County census figures show that the median household income is $89,843, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Butler County is home to 39 public schools and about 24,616 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Northwest Elementary School, is about 4.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Connoquenessing Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show a 21% enrollment gain, from 238 in 2020-21 to 287 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Butler Area SD
- Butler Area SHSHigh · 1,956 students
- Butler Area IHSMiddle · 1,291 students
- Center Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
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- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Summit Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Elementary School4.9 mi · 404
- Seneca Valley High School5.1 mi · 2,282
- Ryan Gloyer Middle School5.3 mi · 1,157
- Butler County Area Vocational Technical School5.5 mi · 26
- Butler Area IHS5.5 mi · 1,291
- Butler Area SHS5.6 mi · 1,956
Frequently asked questions
About Connoquenessing Elementary SchoolHow large is Connoquenessing Elementary School?
Connoquenessing Elementary School enrolls approximately 287 students in grades KG-05.
Is Connoquenessing Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Connoquenessing Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Connoquenessing Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Connoquenessing Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Connoquenessing Elementary School?
At Connoquenessing Elementary School, the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Connoquenessing Elementary School?
Connoquenessing Elementary School is overseen by Butler Area SD in Butler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.