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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH MIDDLETON SD·NCES 422205007629
Iron Forge Elementary School
4 Academy Street Suite 200, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 · (717) 258-6484 · Cumberland County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
188 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 165 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 157 | 34% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Middleton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -16.9pp since 2023
Math
59.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp 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 60 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 59.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 58.1% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Iron Forge Elementary School
Iron Forge Elementary School's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Forge Elementary School this school | 468 | 40.2% | 59.1% |
| W.G. Rice Elementary School Mount Holly Springs | 453 | 45.7% | N/A |
| McKee Elementary School Oakdale | 521 | 39.7% | 77.7% |
| West Hanover Elementary School Harrisburg | 589 | 36.7% | 71.4% |
| Loomis Elementary School Broomall | 376 | 31.4% | 68.7% |
| Russell Elementary School Broomall | 400 | 28.5% | 67.3% |
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 Iron Forge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #620 of 1,396 | #20 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #540 of 1,511 ▼ 7 | #14 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #904 of 1,511 ▼ 320 | #30 of 34 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #627 of 1,638 | #14 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,025 of 1,528 | #18 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #727 of 1,531 | #28 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #1,159 of 1,600 | #24 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #897 of 1,045 | #16 of 21 |
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
468
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
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 | 468 | 33.8 | 13.8:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 37.4 | 12.6:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 36.4 | 13.3:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 29.2 | 16.7:1 | 27% (130) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iron Forge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (487 to 468); teachers up 16% (29.2 to 33.8).
About Iron Forge Elementary School
Iron Forge Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Federal data show 468 students enrolled in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, South Middleton SD, has 2,136 students enrolled across 4 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Iron Forge Elementary School is White: 75%. Next come 16% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Iron Forge Elementary School is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Iron Forge Elementary School has 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 40% at Iron Forge Elementary School. The figure for public schools in Cumberland County is close, at 41%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Iron Forge Elementary School outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Iron Forge Elementary School are 1.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (59.1% actual, 60.4% predicted).
The county, Cumberland County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $87,494, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 57 public schools and about 33,044 students.
Iron Forge Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Boiling Springs High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Iron Forge Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Iron Forge Elementary School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 468, close to the 461 recorded in 2020-21.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Middleton SD
- Boiling Springs High SchoolHigh · 707 students
- Yellow Breeches Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- W.G. Rice Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Other schools in Boiling Springs
- Boiling Springs High SchoolHigh · 707 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Yellow Breeches Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Boiling Springs High School0.2 mi · 707
- Yellow Breeches Middle School0.3 mi · 508
- Monroe Elementary School3.0 mi · 512
- W.G. Rice Elementary School3.5 mi · 453
- Lamberton Middle School3.9 mi · 583
- Mt Holly Springs Elementary School4.0 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Iron Forge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Iron Forge Elementary School?
Iron Forge Elementary School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Iron Forge Elementary School serve?
Iron Forge Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Iron Forge Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Iron Forge Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Iron Forge Elementary School?
At Iron Forge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Iron Forge Elementary School public or private?
Iron Forge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Middleton SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.