Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE COLLEGE AREA SD·NCES 422277000676
Gray's Woods Elementary School
160 Brackenbourne Drive, Port Matilda, PA 16870 · (814) 235-6100 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- 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
13.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
41 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
60.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
62.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.8% | 61.6% |
% 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
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Gray's Woods Elementary School
Gray's Woods Elementary School's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray's Woods Elementary School this school | 356 | 11.5% | 66.2% |
| George Washington Elementary School Bethel Park | 313 | 9.3% | 78.7% |
| Fairview Elementary School Pittsburgh | 387 | 7.8% | 95.7% |
| Gayman Elementary School Doylestown | 390 | 7.7% | 80.3% |
| Linden Elementary School Doylestown | 353 | 10.2% | 74.5% |
| Markham Elementary School Pittsburgh | 296 | 10.5% | 83.6% |
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 Gray's Woods Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #410 of 1,396 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #462 of 1,511 ▼ 8 | #15 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #429 of 1,511 ▲ 41 | #13 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #1,036 of 1,638 | #7 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #755 of 1,528 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #1,161 of 1,531 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #1,545 of 1,600 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #312 of 1,045 | #3 of 11 |
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
356
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
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 | 356 | 27.4 | 13.0:1 | 12% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 26.6 | 13.5:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 26.2 | 14.1:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 27.8 | 15.9:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 8% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gray's Woods Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (441 to 356); teachers down 1% (27.8 to 27.4).
About Gray's Woods Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Gray's Woods Elementary School serves students in Port Matilda, Pennsylvania. School enrollment was 356 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Gray's Woods Elementary School is a school in State College Area SD. The district has 11 schools and 6,799 students.
Gray's Woods Elementary School's enrollment is 88% White. It is also 5% multiracial and 4% Asian. Gray's Woods Elementary School's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
Gray's Woods Elementary School employs 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 12% in 2024-25. That is 19 points below the 31% average for public schools in Centre County.
allk12 grades Gray's Woods Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gray's Woods Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 66.2% actual against 72.7% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Centre County show that the median household income is $74,291, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gray's Woods Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Park Forest Middle School is the closest, at about 1.9 miles. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Gray's Woods Elementary School. On proficiency, Gray's Woods Elementary School is behind the 70.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
The federal government classifies Gray's Woods Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment at Gray's Woods Elementary School declined 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 387 to 356 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 13.0:1 over the same years.
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Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in State College Area SD
- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
- Park Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- Mount Nittany Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Radio Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Port Matilda
- Port Matilda Elementary SchoolElementary · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Park Forest Middle School1.9 mi · 822
- Park Forest Elementary School2.0 mi · 419
- Radio Park Elementary School3.8 mi · 424
- Centre Learning Community CS4.6 mi · 67
- Corl Street Elementary School4.6 mi · 250
- Young Scholars of Central PA CS4.7 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Gray's Woods Elementary SchoolHow large is Gray's Woods Elementary School?
Gray's Woods Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades KG-05.
Is Gray's Woods Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gray's Woods Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Gray's Woods Elementary School have?
Gray's Woods Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Gray's Woods Elementary School?
Gray's Woods Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Gray's Woods Elementary School public or private?
Gray's Woods Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by State College Area SD.
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