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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLISLE AREA SD·NCES 420501001689
Crestview Elementary School
240 Longs Gap Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013 · (717) 240-6800 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
300 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
52.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 40.1% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Crestview Elementary School
Crestview Elementary School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview Elementary School this school | 541 | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Joseph E Ferderbar Elementary School Feasterville | 486 | 53.9% | 64.2% |
| West Creek Hills Elementary School Camp Hill | 587 | 57.2% | 55.9% |
| James Burd Elementary School Shippensburg | 529 | 63.9% | 56.3% |
| Prospect Park School Prospect Park | 546 | 56.2% | 47.5% |
| Grandview Elementary School Erie | 691 | 50.7% | 69.3% |
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 Crestview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #828 of 1,396 | #27 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #870 of 1,511 ▲ 96 | #29 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #661 of 1,511 ▲ 139 | #20 of 34 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #411 of 1,638 | #7 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,476 of 1,528 | #34 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #430 of 1,531 | #18 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #898 of 1,600 | #12 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #242 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
541
+81 (+18%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 541 | 31.3 | 17.3:1 | 55% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 31.7 | 17.3:1 | 55% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 29.4 | 17.6:1 | 51% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 42% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 35% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 32% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 23% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 11% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 23 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (504 to 541); teachers up 12% (28 to 31.3).
About Crestview Elementary School
Federal records list Crestview Elementary School as an elementary school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 541 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Carlisle Area SD has 5,087 students spread across 10 schools.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Crestview Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 7% Black. County-wide, 82% of Cumberland County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Crestview Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The school reported 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.3:1. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 55% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is 14 points above the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Crestview Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Crestview Elementary School are 2.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (51.7% actual, 53.8% predicted).
Crestview Elementary School is located in Cumberland County, where median household income is about $87,494, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 57 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 33,044.
Nearby, Bellaire Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away. Crestview Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Crestview Elementary School at 4th of 9.
Crestview Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 460 in 2020-21 and 541 in 2024-25, a gain of 81 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Crestview Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carlisle Area SD
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Mooreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Carlisle
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Middlesex Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other Crestview Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 12 states are named Crestview Elementary. Crestview Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 21.
- Crestview Elementary SchoolSpringfield, TN · 755 students
- Crestview ElementaryGreer, SC · 683 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 609 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 591 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Bellaire Elementary School0.9 mi · 407
- Hamilton Elementary School1.0 mi · 388
- Wilson Middle School1.1 mi · 604
- Carlisle Area High School1.4 mi · 1,559
- Letort Elementary School2.0 mi · 225
- Mooreland Elementary School2.1 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Crestview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Crestview Elementary School?
Crestview Elementary School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Crestview Elementary School serve?
Crestview Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Crestview Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Crestview Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crestview Elementary School?
At Crestview Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Crestview Elementary School?
Crestview Elementary School is overseen by Carlisle Area SD in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.