Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE COLLEGE AREA SD·NCES 422277001356
Easterly Parkway Elementary School
234 Easterly Pkwy, State College, PA 16801 · (814) 231-1170 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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
10.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
123 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 60.5% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Easterly Parkway Elementary School
Easterly Parkway Elementary School's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easterly Parkway Elementary School this school | 314 | 39.2% | 65.6% |
| Kindergarten Academy Mechanicsburg | 321 | 44.2% | N/A |
| York Avenue Elementary School Lansdale | 291 | 34.4% | 64.9% |
| Upper Allen Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 321 | 33.6% | 68.9% |
| Shepherdstown Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 283 | 35.0% | 63.9% |
| Candlebrook Elementary School King of Prussia | 313 | 33.2% | 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 Easterly Parkway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #432 of 1,396 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #514 of 1,511 ▼ 30 | #16 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #312 of 1,511 ▲ 203 | #9 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,202 of 1,638 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #86 of 1,528 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #372 of 1,531 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.2% | #1,180 of 1,600 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #866 of 1,045 | #10 of 11 |
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
314
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 314 | 31.5 | 10.0:1 | 39% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 32.2 | 9.9:1 | 38% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 27.4 | 11.5:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 23% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 27.4 | 12.0:1 | 31% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 33% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 28% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 15 | 19.2:1 | 22% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 20 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Easterly Parkway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (329 to 314); teachers up 15% (27.4 to 31.5).
About Easterly Parkway Elementary School
Easterly Parkway Elementary School is a public elementary school run by State College Area SD in State College, Pennsylvania. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 314 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.
Easterly Parkway Elementary School is in State College Area SD, a district with 6,799 students across 11 schools.
Easterly Parkway Elementary School is 62% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, and 9% Hispanic. That compares with about 84% White among all Centre County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Easterly Parkway Elementary School's 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.0:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 39%. The 31% average for public schools in Centre County is 8 points lower.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Easterly Parkway Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 60.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Centre County, the median household income is $74,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Easterly Parkway Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in the county.
Nittany Valley CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Easterly Parkway Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Easterly Parkway Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 65.6% versus a 67.3% average.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 314, a 4% rise from 303 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 11.7:1 to 10.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Easterly Parkway Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
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- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
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- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
- Park Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- Mount Nittany Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Radio Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Nittany Valley CS0.5 mi · 51
- State College Area High School0.7 mi · 2,402
- Corl Street Elementary School1.4 mi · 250
- Young Scholars of Central PA CS1.7 mi · 321
- Radio Park Elementary School2.1 mi · 424
- Mount Nittany Middle School2.1 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About Easterly Parkway Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Easterly Parkway Elementary School?
Easterly Parkway Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
Is Easterly Parkway Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Easterly Parkway Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Easterly Parkway Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Easterly Parkway Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Easterly Parkway Elementary School?
At Easterly Parkway Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Easterly Parkway Elementary School in?
Easterly Parkway Elementary School is part of State College Area SD.
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