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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON SD·NCES 422658007465
Green Valley Elementary School
270 Green Valley Road, Sinking Spring, PA 19608 · (610) 670-0180 · Berks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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
11.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
143 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 51.8% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Green Valley Elementary School
Green Valley Elementary School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley Elementary School this school | 505 | 28.3% | 56.4% |
| Shoemaker Elementary School Macungie | 537 | 24.4% | 72.8% |
| Manavon Elementary School Phoenixville | 497 | 28.0% | 68.4% |
| Centerville Elementary School Lancaster | 544 | 31.3% | 68.2% |
| Macungie Elementary School Macungie | 529 | 34.0% | 68.6% |
| Owatin Creek Elementary School Reading | 539 | 35.4% | 67.3% |
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 Green Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #698 of 1,396 | #17 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #789 of 1,511 ▼ 82 | #20 of 47 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #639 of 1,511 ▲ 69 | #11 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #518 of 1,638 | #22 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #361 of 1,528 | #11 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #617 of 1,531 | #13 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #1,352 of 1,600 | #48 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #827 of 1,045 | #26 of 33 |
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
505
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 505 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 28% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 27% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 46 | 11.7:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 46 | 11.9:1 | 19% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 40.6 | 13.2:1 | 15% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 21% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (535 to 505); teachers up 6% (40.6 to 43).
About Green Valley Elementary School
Green Valley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 505 students in kindergarten through 5.
Wilson SD operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,444 students.
Roughly 71% of students at Green Valley Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. That is close to the 70% White share among all Berks County residents. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.7:1, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Green Valley Elementary School is 28%. Across public schools in Berks County, the average is 67%.
The allk12 Grade for Green Valley Elementary School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Green Valley Elementary School would score about 65.5%. It scores 56.4%, 9.1 points below that figure.
Berks County has these Census figures: the median household income is $79,777, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Berks County is home to 95 public schools and about 62,375 public school students.
Wilson West Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Green Valley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Green Valley Elementary School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Green Valley Elementary School declined 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 549 to 505 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Green Valley Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson SD
- Wilson High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Wilson West Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Wilson Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Spring Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Whitfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Shiloh Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
Other schools in Sinking Spring
- Wilson West Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Wilson Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Shiloh Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
Other Green Valley Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 10 states are named Green Valley Elementary. Green Valley Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 13.
- Green Valley ElementaryMonrovia, MD · 850 students
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 714 students
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 565 students
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolSCHERTZ, TX · 503 students
- Green Valley Elementary SchoolHoover, AL · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson West Middle School0.2 mi · 780
- Conrad Weiser East Elementary School2.1 mi · 449
- Whitfield Elementary School2.1 mi · 573
- Wilson Southern Middle School2.3 mi · 753
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary School2.3 mi · 553
- Wilson High School2.4 mi · 2,133
Frequently asked questions
About Green Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Green Valley Elementary School?
Green Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Green Valley Elementary School serve?
Green Valley Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Green Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Green Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Green Valley Elementary School?
Green Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 71% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Green Valley Elementary School?
Green Valley Elementary School is overseen by Wilson SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.