Horace Mann Elementary School
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 94 | 49% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 51% |
School pathway
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 69.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 64.5% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
Schools most like Horace Mann Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Elementary School this school | 190 | 45.3% | 67.7% |
| Trafford Elementary School Trafford | 196 | 46.9% | 80.2% |
| West Newton Elementary School West Newton | 181 | 42.0% | 80.9% |
| Mt Vernon Elementary School McKeesport | 194 | 47.9% | 63.0% |
| Greenock Elementary School McKeesport | 173 | 50.3% | N/A |
| Northside Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 221 | 43.4% | 67.8% |
Where Horace Mann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Indiana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #363 of 1,396 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #292 of 1,511 ▲ 74 | #1 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #460 of 1,511 ▼ 35 | #2 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #1,549 of 1,638 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #1,074 of 1,600 | #12 of 12 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 190 | 16.4 | 11.6:1 | 45% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 15.8 | 12.3:1 | 44% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 14.8 | 13.0:1 | 47% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 194 | 14 | 13.9:1 | 37% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 197 | 13.4 | 14.7:1 | 40% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 43% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 21% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 23 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (197 to 190); teachers up 22% (13.4 to 16.4).
About Horace Mann Elementary School
The public elementary school Horace Mann Elementary School is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The school had 190 students in grades 4 through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 57% smaller than that.
Indiana Area SD counts 6 schools and 2,803 students, including Horace Mann Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Horace Mann Elementary School is 86% White. The school is also 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Horace Mann Elementary School, 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.6:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Roughly 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Indiana County is 21 points.
Horace Mann Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Horace Mann Elementary School scores 67.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.2%.
In Indiana County (population about 83,042), the median household income is $60,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 22 public schools in Indiana County, enrolling about 8,470 students in all.
The closest public school, Indiana Area Junior High School, is about 0.4 miles from Horace Mann Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 6. On average proficiency, Horace Mann Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Horace Mann Elementary School enrolled 194; in 2024-25, 190. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.9:1 in 2020-21, and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
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