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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPFIELD AREA SD·NCES 421176004389
Fort Allen Elementary School
560 Baltzer Meyer Pike, Greensburg, PA 15601 · (724) 850-2501 · Westmoreland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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
12.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
226 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
57.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 65.2% |
% 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
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Fort Allen Elementary School
Fort Allen Elementary School's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Allen Elementary School this school | 480 | 47.1% | 65.4% |
| Ward L Myers Elementary School Muncy | 451 | 48.6% | 53.5% |
| Stanwood Elementary School New Stanton | 518 | 47.3% | 68.8% |
| Sharpsville Area Elementary School Sharpsville | 446 | 45.5% | 59.1% |
| Maplewood Elementary School Townville | 454 | 47.1% | 47.0% |
| Kiski Area North Primary School Leechburg | 447 | 43.8% | 64.8% |
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 Fort Allen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #438 of 1,396 | #21 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #475 of 1,511 ▼ 124 | #18 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #500 of 1,511 ▼ 103 | #20 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #586 of 1,638 | #14 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #428 of 1,528 | #7 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #1,121 of 1,531 | #14 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #1,048 of 1,600 | #24 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #809 of 1,045 | #25 of 33 |
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
480
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 480 | 40.1 | 12.0:1 | 47% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 49.6 | 9.7:1 | 47% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 41.7 | 11.7:1 | 43% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 40 | 11.5:1 | 33% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 38.9 | 13.2:1 | 40% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 28% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 25% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 20% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 32 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Allen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (511 to 480); teachers up 3% (38.9 to 40.1).
About Fort Allen Elementary School
Fort Allen Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 480 students in 2024-25.
Hempfield Area SD is made up of 9 schools with 5,015 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Fort Allen Elementary School, about 87 are White. Other students are 7% multiracial and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
There are about 12.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Fort Allen Elementary School, which has 40.1. The school's 12.0:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 47%.
Fort Allen Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.4%.
The school is in Westmoreland County, where the median household earns about $74,109 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Westmoreland County, 85 public schools serve about 41,302 students.
Fort Allen Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Harrold School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Fort Allen Elementary School ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 65.4% versus a 51.3% average.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%.
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Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hempfield Area SD
- Hempfield Area SHSHigh · 1,228 students
- Wendover Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- West Hempfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- West Hempfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Maxwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Other schools in Greensburg
- Hempfield Area SHSHigh · 1,228 students
- Greensburg-Salem High SchoolHigh · 784 students
- Wendover Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Greensburg-Salem Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Amos K Hutchinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Harrold School0.3 mi · 369
- Hempfield Area SHS0.5 mi · 1,228
- Amos K Hutchinson Elementary School2.6 mi · 521
- Jeannette High School2.8 mi · 405
- Jeannette McKee Elementary School3.1 mi · 504
- Greensburg-Salem Middle School3.3 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Allen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fort Allen Elementary School?
Fort Allen Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fort Allen Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fort Allen Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Fort Allen Elementary School have?
Fort Allen Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Fort Allen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fort Allen Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Fort Allen Elementary School in?
Fort Allen Elementary School is part of Hempfield Area SD.
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