Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL PARK SD·NCES 420351004902
George Washington Elementary School
515 Clifton Rd, Bethel Park, PA 15102 · (412) 854-8546 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
29 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
George Washington Elementary School→Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School→Independence Middle School→Bethel Park High School
Based on grade levels within Bethel Park SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 82.7% | 76.0% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Washington Elementary School
George Washington Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington Elementary School this school | 313 | 9.3% | 78.7% |
| South Abington School Chinchilla | 301 | 7.3% | 69.0% |
| Gray's Woods Elementary School Port Matilda | 356 | 11.5% | 66.2% |
| Markham Elementary School Pittsburgh | 296 | 10.5% | 83.6% |
| Waverly School Waverly | 307 | 4.2% | 80.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Pittsburgh | 310 | 13.2% | 83.7% |
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 Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #130 of 1,396 | #41 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #305 of 1,511 ▼ 163 | #55 of 141 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #111 of 1,511 ▼ 26 | #32 of 141 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,205 of 1,638 | #104 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #974 of 1,528 | #84 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #1,112 of 1,531 | #122 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.3% | #1,569 of 1,600 | #143 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #147 of 450 | #23 of 63 |
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
313
+61 (+24%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 313 | 22.9 | 13.7:1 | 9% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 21.9 | 12.8:1 | 10% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 22.4 | 11.7:1 | 13% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 10% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 21.2 | 13.1:1 | 9% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 8% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 3% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (277 to 313); teachers up 8% (21.2 to 22.9).
About George Washington Elementary School
George Washington Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. It has an enrollment of 313 students in kindergarten through 4. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
George Washington Elementary School is part of Bethel Park SD, where 8 schools serve 3,996 students.
At George Washington Elementary School, 87% of students are White. Other students are 5% multiracial and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 76% White share among all Allegheny County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
There are about 13.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at George Washington Elementary School, which has 22.9. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at George Washington Elementary School is about 9%. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Allegheny County.
George Washington Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 73.6%.
In the wider Allegheny County area, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. George Washington Elementary School shares Allegheny County with 276 other public schools.
George Washington Elementary School's nearest public school is Bethel Memorial Elementary School (about 0.9 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, George Washington Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 24%, from 252 to 313.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethel Park SD
- Bethel Park High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Independence Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Bethel Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
Other schools in Bethel Park
- Bethel Park High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Independence Middle SchoolMiddle · 602 students
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Bethel Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- William Penn Elementary SchoolElementary · 212 students
Other George Washington Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 11 states are named George Washington Elementary. George Washington Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 22.
- George Washington ElementaryNorco, CA · 861 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 776 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolPark Ridge, IL · 588 students
- George Washington ElementaryMadera, CA · 578 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolKingsport, TN · 514 students
Nearby schools
- Bethel Memorial Elementary School0.9 mi · 342
- William Penn Elementary School1.4 mi · 212
- Upper Saint Clair High School1.6 mi · 1,269
- Boyce Middle School1.7 mi · 624
- Streams Elementary School1.8 mi · 468
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School1.8 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About George Washington Elementary SchoolHow large is George Washington Elementary School?
George Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does George Washington Elementary School serve?
George Washington Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does George Washington Elementary School have?
George Washington Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at George Washington Elementary School?
Student demographics at George Washington Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is George Washington Elementary School in?
George Washington Elementary School is part of Bethel Park SD.
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