Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALIFAX AREA SD·NCES 421131005038
Halifax Area Elementary School
151 School Rd, Halifax, PA 17032 · (717) 896-3416 · Dauphin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
176 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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 Halifax Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.2pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.1% | 51.6% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Halifax Area Elementary School
Halifax Area Elementary School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax Area Elementary School this school | 349 | 50.4% | 53.6% |
| Robert D Wilson Elementary School Waymart | 345 | 52.2% | 63.1% |
| North Side Primary School Ellwood City | 376 | 50.5% | N/A |
| Bellefonte Elementary School Bellefonte | 318 | 51.9% | 53.0% |
| William Penn Elementary School Monongahela | 333 | 54.1% | 64.3% |
| Reamstown Elementary School Reamstown | 375 | 47.7% | 64.2% |
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 Halifax Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #770 of 1,396 | #16 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #960 of 1,511 ▼ 249 | #21 of 36 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #892 of 1,511 ▼ 239 | #16 of 36 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #1,059 of 1,638 | #27 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #114 of 1,528 | #2 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #1,013 of 1,531 | #35 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #992 of 1,600 | #25 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #166 of 450 | #10 of 19 |
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
349
-85 (-20%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 349 | 34 | 10.3:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 34 | 10.3:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 35 | 10.2:1 | 30% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 38% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 40% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 43% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 32% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 17% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Halifax Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (314 to 349); teachers up 36% (25 to 34).
About Halifax Area Elementary School
Halifax Area Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in Halifax, Pennsylvania. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 349 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
A total of 3 schools make up Halifax Area SD, with 846 students enrolled.
The share of students at Halifax Area Elementary School who are White is 84%. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Dauphin County, the White share is about 63%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. At Halifax Area Elementary School, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 59% average among public schools in Dauphin County.
Halifax Area 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 39% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school with Halifax Area Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 56.0%. Halifax Area Elementary School scores 53.6%, 2.4 points below that line.
Dauphin County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,242 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Halifax Area Elementary School shares Dauphin County with 74 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Halifax Area High School, is the closest to Halifax Area Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Halifax Area Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Halifax Area Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment fell by 20% across 4 years, from 434 in 2020-21 to 349 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.6:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Halifax Area SD
- Halifax Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
- Halifax Area High SchoolHigh · 234 students
Other schools in Halifax
- Halifax Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
- Halifax Area High SchoolHigh · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Halifax Area High School0.2 mi · 234
- Halifax Area Middle School0.2 mi · 263
- Lenkerville Elementary School4.9 mi · 324
- Millersburg Area Middle School5.6 mi · 211
- Millersburg Elementary School5.6 mi · 287
- Millersburg Area High School5.6 mi · 207
Frequently asked questions
About Halifax Area Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Halifax Area Elementary School?
Halifax Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Halifax Area Elementary School serve?
Halifax Area Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Halifax Area Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Halifax Area Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Halifax Area Elementary School?
At Halifax Area Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Halifax Area Elementary School?
Halifax Area Elementary School is overseen by Halifax Area SD in Dauphin County.
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