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Enrollment
622
Elementary
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLIDAYSBURG AREA SD·NCES 421194006195
Frankstown Elementary School
2463 Reservoir Rd, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 · (814) 695-4961 · Blair County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL622 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
13.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
241 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 Hollidaysburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.9% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 64.6% |
% 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
61.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Frankstown Elementary School
Frankstown Elementary School's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankstown Elementary School this school | 622 | 38.7% | 65.4% |
| Central Columbia Elementary School Bloomsburg | 705 | 38.3% | 73.9% |
| Center Township Elementary School Butler | 584 | 42.3% | 66.6% |
| Blackhawk Intermediate School Beaver Falls | 708 | 40.4% | 67.0% |
| Mohawk Elementary School New Castle | 709 | 36.2% | 66.7% |
| Cambria Elementary School Ebensburg | 542 | 36.7% | 61.3% |
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 Frankstown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #439 of 1,396 | #3 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #302 of 1,511 ▲ 61 | #2 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #560 of 1,511 ▼ 68 | #6 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #224 of 1,638 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #925 of 1,528 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #1,274 of 1,531 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #1,186 of 1,600 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #822 of 1,045 | #17 of 17 |
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
622
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+188% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 622 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 39% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 43 | 14.0:1 | 40% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 42.9 | 14.2:1 | 37% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 35% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 40.6 | 16.2:1 | 39% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 33% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 26% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 19% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 11 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frankstown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (659 to 622); teachers up 13% (40.6 to 46).
About Frankstown Elementary School
Among the schools in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, is Frankstown Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 622 students. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 40% bigger than average.
The Hollidaysburg Area SD system has 5 schools and 3,061 students.
The large majority of students at Frankstown Elementary School, 91%, are White. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial and 2% Black. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Frankstown Elementary School comes in at 16%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1 at Frankstown Elementary School, with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 39%. Across public schools in Blair County, the average is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Frankstown Elementary School is B. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 64% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Frankstown Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 65.4% actual against 61.0% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Blair County, median household income is about $62,382, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The public schools of Blair County number 33 and enroll about 15,692.
Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Frankstown Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (625) and 2024-25 (622). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Frankstown Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hollidaysburg Area SD
- Hollidaysburg Area SHSHigh · 793 students
- Hollidaysburg Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Foot of Ten Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Charles W Longer Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in Hollidaysburg
- Hollidaysburg Area SHSHigh · 793 students
- Hollidaysburg Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Charles W Longer Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School1.9 mi · 756
- Charles W Longer Elementary School2.1 mi · 414
- Hollidaysburg Area SHS2.3 mi · 793
- Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS4.0 mi · 194
- Foot of Ten Elementary School4.5 mi · 476
- Baker Elementary School4.9 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Frankstown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Frankstown Elementary School?
Frankstown Elementary School enrolls approximately 622 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Frankstown Elementary School serve?
Frankstown Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Frankstown Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Frankstown Elementary School.
How diverse is Frankstown Elementary School?
Frankstown Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Frankstown Elementary School?
Frankstown Elementary School is overseen by Hollidaysburg Area SD in Blair County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.