Enrollment
155
Elementary
DISTRICT 256 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBERT GALLATIN AREA SD·NCES 420210004922
Friendship Hill Elementary School
218 New Geneva Rd, Point Marion, PA 15474 · (724) 725-9515 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% 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.
- ABeats 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
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
158 students
DISTRICT 103% · 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 | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
49.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 45.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Friendship Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #771 of 1,396 | #3 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #660 of 1,511 ▲ 205 | #2 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #760 of 1,511 ▼ 98 | #5 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #1,581 of 1,638 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #222 of 1,600 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #176 of 1,045 | #2 of 16 |
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
155
-28 (-15%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 155 | 14.3 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 15.5 | 10.2:1 | 100% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 16.8 | 10.1:1 | 100% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 16 | 11.4:1 | 98% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 206 | 16.8 | 12.3:1 | 100% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 16 | 14.7:1 | 100% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 239 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 69% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 15 | 19.1:1 | 60% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 18 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Friendship Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (206 to 155); teachers down 15% (16.8 to 14.3).
About Friendship Hill Elementary School
Friendship Hill Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Point Marion, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 155 students. That is 65% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Friendship Hill Elementary School falls under Albert Gallatin Area SD, which has 8 schools enrolling 2,894 students.
By race and ethnicity, Friendship Hill Elementary School is 98% White. The county population is about 90% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 4%.
Staffing at Friendship Hill Elementary School comes to 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.9:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1.
Friendship Hill Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 33.9%. Friendship Hill Elementary School posts 53.6%, 19.7 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Fayette County, the median household earns about $58,236 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Fayette County has 39 public schools with about 15,340 students, including Friendship Hill Elementary School.
Albert Gallatin South Middle School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Friendship Hill Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 53.6% versus a 47.8% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 183 to 155, a 15% decline.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,997
Census ACS
Median income
$58,236
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
15,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Albert Gallatin Area SD
- Albert Gallatin Area SHSHigh · 920 students
- Albert Gallatin North Middle SchoolMiddle · 375 students
- A L Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Albert Gallatin South Middle SchoolMiddle · 318 students
- George J Plava Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
- Masontown Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Other schools in Point Marion
- Albert Gallatin South Middle SchoolMiddle · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Albert Gallatin South Middle School0.1 mi · 318
- Mapletown JSHS2.0 mi · 239
- Bobtown Elementary School3.8 mi · 317
- Masontown Elementary School4.8 mi · 251
- Smithfield Elementary School6.2 mi · 220
- University High School6.4 mi · 1,371
Frequently asked questions
About Friendship Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Friendship Hill Elementary School?
Friendship Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 155 students in grades KG-05.
Is Friendship Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Friendship Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Friendship Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Friendship Hill Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Friendship Hill Elementary School?
Friendship Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Friendship Hill Elementary School in?
Friendship Hill Elementary School is part of Albert Gallatin Area SD.
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