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What advice would you give to incoming students at Cranberry El Sch?
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Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRANBERRY AREA SD·NCES 420705006595
Cranberry Elementary School
3 Education Dr, Seneca, PA 16346 · (814) 676-1871 · Venango County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
292 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (101).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Cranberry Elementary School→Cranberry Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Cranberry Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.2pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 47.1% |
% 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Cranberry Elementary School
Cranberry Elementary School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Elementary School this school | 581 | 50.3% | 47.6% |
| Joseph C Ashkar Elementary School Hughesville | 553 | 50.8% | 56.3% |
| Cambria Heights Elementary School Carrolltown | 533 | 52.7% | 56.7% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School Pine Grove | 563 | 48.1% | 65.9% |
| Lackawanna Trail El Center Factoryville | 505 | 50.9% | 53.8% |
| Selinsgrove Intrmd School Selinsgrove | 535 | 48.8% | 61.4% |
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 Cranberry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Venango County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #926 of 1,396 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #1,000 of 1,511 ▼ 175 | #6 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,003 of 1,511 ▼ 98 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #299 of 1,638 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #760 of 1,528 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.7% | #1,453 of 1,531 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #997 of 1,600 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #704 of 1,045 | #5 of 6 |
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
581
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
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 | 581 | 44.7 | 13.0:1 | 50% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 43.7 | 13.4:1 | 50% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 43.7 | 13.9:1 | 46% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 48% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 43.7 | 14.6:1 | 54% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 48% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 40% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 31% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 19 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cranberry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (637 to 581); teachers up 2% (43.7 to 44.7).
About Cranberry Elementary School
Cranberry Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Seneca, Pennsylvania. The school counts 581 students across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Cranberry Area SD has a total of 2 schools and 1,144 students, Cranberry Elementary School among them.
Most students at Cranberry Elementary School are White: 96% of enrollment. Other groups include 2% multiracial. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Cranberry Elementary School comes in at 9%.
Cranberry Elementary School's 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.0:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%. Compared with the 90% average for public schools in Venango County, the school's rate is lower.
Cranberry Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cranberry Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.6% is 8.5 points below the 56.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Venango County, median household income is about $61,522, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cranberry Elementary School is among the 15 public schools in Venango County.
Cranberry Area JSHS is the public school closest to Cranberry Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Cranberry Elementary School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Cranberry Elementary School ranks 2nd of 5 nearby schools, at 47.6% versus a 47.0% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 583 to 581, a small change.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Cranberry Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Venango County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,801
Census ACS
Median income
$61,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,704 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Cranberry Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cranberry Elementary. Cranberry Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- CRANBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNORTH PORT, FL · 813 students
Nearby schools
- Cranberry Area JSHS0.1 mi · 563
- Seventh Street School3.8 mi · 152
- Smedley Street School3.8 mi · 103
- Venango Technology Center4.3 mi · 3
- Oil City SHS4.6 mi · 611
- Oil City Area Middle School4.6 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Cranberry Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cranberry Elementary School?
Cranberry Elementary School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cranberry Elementary School serve?
Cranberry Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Cranberry Elementary School have?
Cranberry Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Cranberry Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cranberry Elementary School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cranberry Elementary School public or private?
Cranberry Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cranberry Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.