Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER AREA SD·NCES 420459001134
Emily Brittain Elementary School
338 North Washington Street, Butler, PA 16001 · (724) 287-8721 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- A-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
10.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
244 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Based on grade levels within Butler Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
44.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 46.0% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Emily Brittain Elementary School
Emily Brittain Elementary School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Brittain Elementary School this school | 255 | 95.7% | 49.4% |
| Shirley Twp Elementary School Mount Union | 279 | 96.8% | 32.0% |
| Baker Elementary School Altoona | 263 | 98.9% | 69.9% |
| Trinity North Elementary School Washington | 232 | 98.7% | 57.0% |
| Laurel Valley Elementary School New Florence | 238 | 96.6% | 47.5% |
| Wallenpaupack South Elementary School Newfoundland | 254 | 98.8% | 54.5% |
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 Emily Brittain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #880 of 1,396 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #916 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #17 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #876 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #17 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #1,391 of 1,638 | #19 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #192 of 1,528 | #2 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #924 of 1,531 | #3 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #546 of 1,600 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #714 of 1,045 | #3 of 9 |
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
255
+24 (+10%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 255 | 23.3 | 10.9:1 | 96% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 24.3 | 10.3:1 | 98% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 24.6 | 10.3:1 | 71% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 27 | 8.6:1 | 75% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 25.5 | 10.9:1 | 99% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 94% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 48% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 38% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 21 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emily Brittain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (279 to 255); teachers down 9% (25.5 to 23.3).
About Emily Brittain Elementary School
Emily Brittain Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Butler, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 255 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 42% smaller than that.
Enrollment across the 9 schools in Butler Area SD totals 5,762 students.
Emily Brittain Elementary School's enrollment is 81% White. Next come 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The county population is about 93% White. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.9 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Butler County, the school's rate is higher.
Emily Brittain Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Emily Brittain Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.4%; the prediction is 36.6%.
Emily Brittain Elementary School is located in Butler County, where the median household income is $89,843, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Emily Brittain Elementary School, Butler County has 38 other public schools.
Nearby, Broad Street Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Emily Brittain Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 49.4% versus a 51.3% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment has grown by 24 students since 2020-21, to 255. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 10.9:1, from 8.6:1.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Butler Area SD
- Butler Area SHSHigh · 1,956 students
- Butler Area IHSMiddle · 1,291 students
- Center Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
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- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
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Other schools in Butler
- Butler Area SHSHigh · 1,956 students
- Butler Area IHSMiddle · 1,291 students
- Center Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- McQuistion Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Summit Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Broad Street Elementary School0.3 mi · 228
- Butler Area IHS1.0 mi · 1,291
- Butler Area SHS1.0 mi · 1,956
- Butler County Area Vocational Technical School1.1 mi · 26
- McQuistion Elementary School1.6 mi · 498
- Northwest Elementary School2.1 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Emily Brittain Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Emily Brittain Elementary School?
Emily Brittain Elementary School enrolls approximately 255 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Emily Brittain Elementary School serve?
Emily Brittain Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Emily Brittain Elementary School have?
Emily Brittain Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
How diverse is Emily Brittain Elementary School?
Emily Brittain Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Emily Brittain Elementary School in?
Emily Brittain Elementary School is part of Butler Area SD.
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