Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 255 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUDERSPORT AREA SD·NCES 420693003868
Coudersport Area El Sch
802 Vine Street, Coudersport, PA 16915 · (814) 274-8500 · Potter County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
262 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Coudersport Area El Sch→Coudersport Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Coudersport Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
65.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 up about 6 points.
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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 29 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-145 (-35%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 14.1:1
% White
95%
was 95%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Coudersport Area El Sch
As a small elementary school in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, Coudersport Area El Sch instructs 265 students from grades K through 6, operated by Coudersport Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Coudersport Area El Sch sits 40% below that benchmark.
Within Coudersport Area SD, which oversees 2 schools and 509 students, Coudersport Area El Sch is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Coudersport Area El Sch reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Potter County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, Coudersport Area El Sch reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Potter County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coudersport Area El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.2%; actual is 64.4%, +29.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, census data for Potter County shows median household income runs about $59,020, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Potter County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,705 students), of which Coudersport Area El Sch is one.
The closest other public school is Coudersport Area JSHS, roughly 1.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, Coudersport Area El Sch comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 410 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.
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Potter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,188
Census ACS
Median income
$59,020
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
1,705 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Coudersport Area JSHS1.0 mi · 244
- Austin Area El Sch10.1 mi · 62
- Austin Area JSHS10.1 mi · 61
- Port Allegany El Sch12.9 mi · 508
- Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center13.0 mi · 1
- Port Allegany JSHS13.1 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Coudersport Area El SchWhat is the total enrollment at Coudersport Area El Sch?
Coudersport Area El Sch enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Coudersport Area El Sch serve?
Coudersport Area El Sch serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Coudersport Area El Sch have?
Coudersport Area El Sch employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Coudersport Area El Sch?
Student demographics at Coudersport Area El Sch are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Coudersport Area El Sch in?
Coudersport Area El Sch is part of Coudersport Area SD.
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