Enrollment
141
Elementary
DISTRICT 117 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY AREA SD·NCES 421152007272
Harmony Area Elementary School
5239 Ridge Rd, Westover, PA 16692 · (814) 845-2300 · Clearfield County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL141 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
8.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
129 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 25 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 56% larger than its 6th grade class (16).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Harmony Area Elementary School→Harmony Area JSHS
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -23.9pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 57.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Harmony Area Elementary School
Harmony Area Elementary School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Area Elementary School this school | 141 | 91.5% | 58.4% |
| Renovo Elementary School Renovo | 155 | 91.0% | 62.8% |
| Liberty-Curtin Elementary School Blanchard | 151 | 97.4% | 55.0% |
| Franklin School Vanderbilt | 127 | 97.6% | 46.2% |
| Lurgan Elementary School Lurgan | 121 | 98.3% | 46.6% |
| Cairnbrook Elementary School Cairnbrook | 180 | 94.4% | 39.5% |
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 Harmony Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Clearfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #640 of 1,396 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #666 of 1,511 ▼ 114 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #960 of 1,511 ▼ 524 | #8 of 9 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 141 | #1,593 of 1,638 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #641 of 1,600 | #7 of 9 |
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
141
+7 (+5%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 182
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 141 | 16.2 | 8.7:1 | 91% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 129 | 15.9 | 8.1:1 | 100% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 136 | 15.7 | 8.6:1 | 100% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 13 | 10.3:1 | 98% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 126 | 13 | 9.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 149 | 13 | 11.5:1 | 98% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 14 | 14.7:1 | 53% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 18 | 11.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 182 | 10 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (126 to 141); teachers up 24% (13 to 16.2).
About Harmony Area Elementary School
Harmony Area Elementary School is a small elementary school in Westover, Pennsylvania. It enrolled 141 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 68% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Harmony Area SD has 2 schools; together they serve 234 students.
Harmony Area Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 94% White. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic. For comparison, Clearfield County is about 93% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Harmony Area Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1 at Harmony Area Elementary School, with 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 91% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Harmony Area Elementary School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 38.4%. Harmony Area Elementary School posts 58.4%, 20.0 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Across Clearfield County, median household income is about $62,152, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Harmony Area Elementary School is among the 19 public schools in Clearfield County.
Harmony Area JSHS is the public school closest to Harmony Area Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Harmony Area Elementary School has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools average 48.7% on proficiency, and Harmony Area Elementary School is above that at 58.4%.
For locale, NCES codes Harmony Area Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 141, 5% above the 134 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 10.3:1 to 8.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Clearfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,635
Census ACS
Median income
$62,152
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,409 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Harmony Area JSHS0.0 mi · 93
- Northern Cambria High School8.9 mi · 262
- Northern Cambria Elementary School9.0 mi · 262
- Northern Cambria Middle School9.0 mi · 234
- Purchase Line Elementary School10.1 mi · 353
- Purchase Line JSHS10.4 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony Area Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Harmony Area Elementary School?
Harmony Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 141 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Harmony Area Elementary School serve?
Harmony Area Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Harmony Area Elementary School have?
Harmony Area Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Harmony Area Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harmony Area Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Harmony Area Elementary School in?
Harmony Area Elementary School is part of Harmony Area SD.
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