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How has Elmwood Academy changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
712
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MECHANICSBURG AREA SD·NCES 421503000862
Elmwood Academy
100 E Elmwood Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 · (717) 691-4578 · Cumberland County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
287 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 331 | 46% |
| Grade 5 | 381 | 54% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mechanicsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.7pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp 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 57 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 52.5% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Elmwood Academy
Elmwood Academy's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Academy this school | 712 | 40.3% | 59.5% |
| Hoover Elementary School Langhorne | 661 | 44.6% | 64.0% |
| Davis Elementary School Southampton | 785 | 43.9% | 60.0% |
| Tawanka Elementary School Langhorne | 835 | 41.0% | 66.5% |
| Boyertown Elementary School Boyertown | 632 | 36.7% | 57.2% |
| Sporting Hill Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 580 | 34.0% | 60.3% |
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 Elmwood Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #608 of 1,396 | #19 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #613 of 1,511 ▲ 68 | #18 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #668 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #21 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #130 of 1,638 | #2 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,328 of 1,528 | #30 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #581 of 1,531 | #24 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #1,156 of 1,600 | #23 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +51.8% | #11 of 450 | #1 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
712
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+101% since 2010-11, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 712 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 40% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 46.5 | 15.5:1 | 40% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 44.4 | 15.9:1 | 37% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 35% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 34.8 | 13.5:1 | 55% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 52% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 38% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmwood Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 52% (469 to 712); teachers up 32% (34.8 to 46).
About Elmwood Academy
Elmwood Academy is an elementary school with a street address in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school covers grades 4 through 5 and reported 712 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 61% larger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
The 8 schools of Mechanicsburg Area SD, including Elmwood Academy, enroll 4,621 students.
White students are 70% of those enrolled at Elmwood Academy. The next largest groups are 10% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In Cumberland County overall, about 82% of residents are White. The diversity index for Elmwood Academy is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Elmwood Academy reports a ratio of 15.5 students per teacher, from 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 2.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Elmwood Academy, 40% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Elmwood Academy holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Elmwood Academy is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 59.5%. Predicted: 60.3%.
The school is in Cumberland County, where median household income comes to about $87,494, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Cumberland County counts 57 public schools with about 33,044 students.
Kindergarten Academy is about 0.4 miles from Elmwood Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 62.2%, higher than Elmwood Academy's 59.5%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment went from 705 in 2020-21 to 712 in 2024-25, a change of 7 students.
On allk12, people connected to Elmwood Academy can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Mechanicsburg Area SD
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Kindergarten AcademyElementary · 321 students
- Upper Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Shepherdstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Broad Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 239 students
Other schools in Mechanicsburg
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
Nearby schools
- Kindergarten Academy0.4 mi · 321
- Broad Street Elementary School0.8 mi · 239
- Mechanicsburg Area SHS0.8 mi · 1,412
- Northside Elementary School1.0 mi · 221
- Mechanicsburg Middle School1.6 mi · 1,112
- Upper Allen Elementary School1.7 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Elmwood AcademyHow many students attend Elmwood Academy?
Elmwood Academy enrolls approximately 712 students in grades 04-05.
Is Elmwood Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elmwood Academy is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Elmwood Academy have?
Elmwood Academy employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Elmwood Academy?
Elmwood Academy reports a student body of 70% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Elmwood Academy?
Elmwood Academy is overseen by Mechanicsburg Area SD in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.