Enrollment
87
Elementary
DISTRICT 163 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALD EAGLE AREA SD·NCES 420291001333
Howard Elementary School
255 School Street, Howard, PA 16841 · (814) 625-2423 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL87 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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
10.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
41 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (10).
Student demographics
7%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
Howard Elementary School→Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS
Based on grade levels within Bald Eagle Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
81.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 81.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 85.7% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 21 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 Howard Elementary School
Howard Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Elementary School this school | 87 | 47.1% | 78.7% |
| Mountaintop Area Elementary School Snow Shoe | 104 | 44.2% | 67.2% |
| Port Matilda Elementary School Port Matilda | 94 | 41.5% | 64.5% |
| Shade Gap Elementary School Shade Gap | 90 | 53.3% | 62.2% |
| Mill Village Elementary School Mill Village | 102 | 52.9% | 85.1% |
| Beaver-Main Elementary School Bloomsburg | 95 | 38.9% | 82.8% |
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 Howard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 87 | #1,630 of 1,638 | #21 of 23 |
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
87
-5 (-5%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 162
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 87 | 8.4 | 10.3:1 | 47% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 9.4 | 10.7:1 | 41% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 90 | 9.4 | 9.5:1 | 42% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 92 | 9 | 10.2:1 | 38% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 79 | 8.3 | 9.5:1 | 44% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 88 | 8 | 11.0:1 | 38% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 105 | 9 | 11.7:1 | 29% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 106 | 6 | 17.7:1 | 18% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 162 | 8 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (79 to 87); teachers up 1% (8.3 to 8.4).
About Howard Elementary School
Howard Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Bald Eagle Area SD in Howard, Pennsylvania. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 87 students. That puts enrollment 80% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Howard Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Bald Eagle Area SD, which enrolls 1,482 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Howard Elementary School, about 97 are White. After that, the student body is 2% multiracial. Census figures show Centre County is about 84% White. A diversity index of 7% means there is a 7% chance two randomly chosen students at Howard Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Howard Elementary School totals 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Howard Elementary School is about 47%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Centre County is 31%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Howard Elementary School outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 78.7%, is 21.3 points above the 57.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Centre County show that the median household earns about $74,291 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Centre County, 33 public schools serve about 13,674 students.
Of the public schools around it, Howard Elementary School is closest to Marion-Walker Elementary School, about 4.5 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Howard Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 78.7% versus a 54.3% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 5 students, from 92 to 87.
This page collects posts and questions about Howard Elementary School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bald Eagle Area SD
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHSHigh · 832 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Mountaintop Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 104 students
- Port Matilda Elementary SchoolElementary · 94 students
Other Howard Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Howard Elementary. Howard Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 14.
- Howard ElementaryGallatin, TN · 591 students
- Howard ElementaryMadera, CA · 487 students
- HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGRAND ISLAND, NE · 484 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolEugene, OR · 474 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolDEARBORN, MI · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Marion-Walker Elementary School4.5 mi · 353
- Liberty-Curtin Elementary School4.8 mi · 151
- Bellefonte Area High School8.9 mi · 850
- Bellefonte Area Middle School8.9 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Elementary School9.4 mi · 318
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS9.7 mi · 832
Frequently asked questions
About Howard Elementary SchoolHow large is Howard Elementary School?
Howard Elementary School enrolls approximately 87 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Howard Elementary School serve?
Howard Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Howard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Howard Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (8 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Howard Elementary School?
Howard Elementary School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Howard Elementary School in?
Howard Elementary School is part of Bald Eagle Area SD.
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