Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 256 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBERT GALLATIN AREA SD·NCES 420210002129
George J Plava Elementary School
120 Puritan Rd, Mc Clellandtown, PA 15458 · (724) 737-5424 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- 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
12.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
310 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 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
21%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
38.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 25.3% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 George J Plava Elementary School
George J Plava Elementary School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George J Plava Elementary School this school | 314 | 98.7% | 36.2% |
| West End Elementary School Meadville | 310 | 99.0% | 61.4% |
| Clark Wood Elementary School Elkland | 303 | 99.7% | 43.7% |
| Cochranton Elementary School Cochranton | 311 | 99.0% | 46.4% |
| L R Appleman Elementary School Benton | 308 | 99.0% | 70.9% |
| Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School Claysburg | 346 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
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 George J Plava Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,103 of 1,396 | #17 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,193 of 1,511 ▲ 7 | #17 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,038 of 1,511 ▲ 106 | #15 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,197 of 1,638 | #11 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #613 of 1,528 | #3 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #1,168 of 1,531 | #11 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #410 of 1,600 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #900 of 1,045 | #13 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
314
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 314 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 99% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 100% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 100% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 99% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 20.2 | 16.1:1 | 100% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 66% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 68% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 19 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George J Plava Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (326 to 314); teachers up 24% (20.2 to 25).
About George J Plava Elementary School
At 120 Puritan Rd in Mc Clellandtown, Pennsylvania, George J Plava Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 314 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
The district, Albert Gallatin Area SD, has 2,894 students enrolled across 8 schools.
By race and ethnicity, George J Plava Elementary School is 89% White. The remaining shares are 8% multiracial and 3% Black. In Fayette County overall, the White share is about 90%. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at George J Plava Elementary School are from different groups.
George J Plava Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%.
George J Plava Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.3% for George J Plava Elementary School. The school posts 36.2%, within a point of the prediction.
In Fayette County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $58,236 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Fayette County number 39, with about 15,340 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Albert Gallatin North Middle School, is the closest to George J Plava Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, George J Plava Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 6% decline took enrollment from 335 in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.6:1 to 12.6:1.
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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
- Masontown Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Smithfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
Nearby schools
- Albert Gallatin North Middle School0.5 mi · 375
- Masontown Elementary School3.3 mi · 251
- Menallen School5.7 mi · 318
- Albert Gallatin Area SHS5.8 mi · 920
- Laurel Highlands Middle School5.9 mi · 662
- Carmichaels Area Middle School6.2 mi · 208
Frequently asked questions
About George J Plava Elementary SchoolHow many students attend George J Plava Elementary School?
George J Plava Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
Is George J Plava Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
George J Plava Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at George J Plava Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at George J Plava Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at George J Plava Elementary School?
At George J Plava Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is George J Plava Elementary School public or private?
George J Plava Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Albert Gallatin Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.