Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENWOOD SD·NCES 421119007001
Greenwood Elementary School
405 E Sunbury St, Millerstown, PA 17062 · (717) 589-3115 · Perry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
11.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
104 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Based on grade levels within Greenwood SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
65.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.6% | 65.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 59.5% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary School this school | 313 | 33.2% | 69.0% |
| Penn Cambria Intrmd School Lilly | 290 | 34.5% | 51.7% |
| Knoch Intermediate Elementary School Saxonburg | 296 | 37.2% | 68.9% |
| Connoquenessing Elementary School Renfrew | 287 | 29.6% | 69.2% |
| Central Elementary School Elizabeth | 292 | 34.6% | 75.8% |
| McKean Elementary School Mc Kean | 319 | 38.9% | 69.6% |
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 Greenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Perry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #317 of 1,396 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #377 of 1,511 ▲ 127 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #217 of 1,511 ▲ 148 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,206 of 1,638 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #376 of 1,528 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #1,431 of 1,531 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #1,285 of 1,600 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #819 of 1,045 | #6 of 6 |
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
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 26.6 | 11.8:1 | 33% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 27.4 | 11.9:1 | 32% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 26.5 | 12.4:1 | 41% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 36% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 26.5 | 12.6:1 | 32% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 34% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 31% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 18% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 29 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (332 to 313); teachers unchanged (26.5 to 26.6).
About Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School is a small elementary school in Millerstown, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 17062). There are 313 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Greenwood Elementary School belongs to Greenwood SD, a district of 3 schools and 703 students.
White students are 95% of those enrolled at Greenwood Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 3% Black. That is in line with Perry County, where about 94% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
Greenwood Elementary School has 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.8:1. The school's 11.8:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 33%. The 67% average for public schools in Perry County is 34 points higher.
Greenwood Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school with Greenwood Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 63.4%. Greenwood Elementary School scores 69.0%, 5.6 points above that line.
In Perry County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $79,444 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Perry County number 15, with about 5,512 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Greenwood Middle School, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.9%; Greenwood Elementary School's is 69.0%, ranking 1st of 9.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 7% over 4 years, reaching 313 in 2024-25. The ratio was 13.0:1 in 2020-21 and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,239
Census ACS
Median income
$79,444
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenwood SD
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 235 students
- Greenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 155 students
Other schools in Millerstown
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 235 students
- Greenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 155 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolKennett Square, PA · 556 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Greenwood Middle School0.1 mi · 155
- Greenwood High School0.1 mi · 235
- Newport Elementary School4.8 mi · 436
- Newport High School5.1 mi · 267
- Newport Middle School5.1 mi · 228
- East Juniata JSHS8.1 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Greenwood Elementary School serve?
Greenwood Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greenwood Elementary School?
At Greenwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Greenwood Elementary School in?
Greenwood Elementary School is part of Greenwood SD.
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