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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON SD·NCES 422658006773
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School
3100 Iroquois Ave., Sinking Spring, PA 19608 · (610) 670-0180 · Berks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- 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
12.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
286 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
43.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 51.6% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Cornwall Terrace Elementary School
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall Terrace Elementary School this school | 553 | 51.7% | 53.8% |
| Spring Ridge Elementary School Wyomissing | 575 | 49.7% | 58.8% |
| Spring Garden Elementary School Bethlehem | 532 | 47.7% | 54.8% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Kennett Square | 556 | 50.2% | 59.1% |
| Fritz Elementary School Lancaster | 526 | 56.1% | 61.2% |
| Kratzer School Allentown | 510 | 48.6% | 71.6% |
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 Cornwall Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #766 of 1,396 | #21 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #924 of 1,511 ▼ 211 | #26 of 47 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #717 of 1,511 ▲ 15 | #14 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #381 of 1,638 | #18 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #483 of 1,528 | #15 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #144 of 1,531 | #2 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #969 of 1,600 | #23 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #204 of 450 | #8 of 14 |
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
553
+59 (+12%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 553 | 45.5 | 12.2:1 | 52% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 46 | 11.9:1 | 52% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 46% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 40% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 41 | 12.4:1 | 39% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 35% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 19% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 14% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 28 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cornwall Terrace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (509 to 553); teachers up 11% (41 to 45.5).
About Cornwall Terrace Elementary School
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 553 students. That is 25% bigger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Besides Cornwall Terrace Elementary School, Wilson SD runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 6,444 students.
At Cornwall Terrace Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 41%. Smaller groups are 37% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 70% of Berks County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1, with 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 52% at Cornwall Terrace Elementary School. It compares with 67% for public schools in Berks County.
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 55.4% at Cornwall Terrace Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.8%.
In Berks County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $79,777, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 95 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,375, Cornwall Terrace Elementary School among them.
Wilson Southern Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Cornwall Terrace Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.8% against a local average of 56.9%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
A 12% rise took enrollment from 494 in 2020-21 to 553 in 2024-25.
The Cornwall Terrace Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson SD
- Wilson High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Wilson West Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Wilson Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Spring Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Whitfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Shiloh Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
Other schools in Sinking Spring
- Wilson West Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Wilson Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Shiloh Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Southern Middle School0.0 mi · 753
- Wilson High School1.1 mi · 2,133
- Whitfield Elementary School1.1 mi · 573
- Wyomissing Hills El Center2.1 mi · 615
- Wyomissing Area JSHS2.2 mi · 965
- Shiloh Hills Elementary School2.3 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Cornwall Terrace Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cornwall Terrace Elementary School?
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cornwall Terrace Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cornwall Terrace Elementary School have?
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Cornwall Terrace Elementary School?
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 37% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cornwall Terrace Elementary School in?
Cornwall Terrace Elementary School is part of Wilson SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.