Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOON AREA SD·NCES 421583007556
J.A. Allard Elementary School
170 Shafer Road, Moon Township, PA 15108 · (412) 262-2500 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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
13.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
73 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 46 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 44% larger than its 4th grade class (32).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
J.A. Allard Elementary School→Moon Area Lower Middle School→Moon Area Upper Middle School→Moon Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Moon Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.9pp since 2023
Math
88.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.3% | 88.6% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 84.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 18 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 J.A. Allard Elementary School
J.A. Allard Elementary School's state test result (81.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.A. Allard Elementary School this school | 209 | 34.9% | 81.1% |
| Fallsington Elementary School Fallsington | 256 | 42.6% | 74.2% |
| North Dickinson Elementary School Carlisle | 193 | 42.5% | 48.7% |
| Shepherdstown Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 283 | 35.0% | 63.9% |
| Neff School Lancaster | 283 | 34.3% | 69.4% |
| Hanover Elementary School Bethlehem | 205 | 24.4% | 75.5% |
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 J.A. Allard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #90 of 1,396 | #32 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.6% | #21 of 1,511 ▲ 10 | #13 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #318 of 1,511 ▼ 164 | #58 of 141 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #1,514 of 1,638 | #137 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #981 of 1,528 | #86 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #728 of 1,531 | #75 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #1,250 of 1,600 | #96 of 152 |
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
209
-1 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 209 | 15.3 | 13.7:1 | 35% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 14.9 | 14.2:1 | 34% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 15.2 | 13.7:1 | 32% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | 15 | 14.0:1 | 99% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 184 | 17.3 | 10.6:1 | 100% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 19% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.A. Allard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (184 to 209); teachers down 12% (17.3 to 15.3).
About J.A. Allard Elementary School
J.A. Allard Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 209 students, in kindergarten through 4. Enrollment is 53% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Moon Area SD has a total of 8 schools and 4,100 students, J.A. Allard Elementary School among them.
At 75%, White students outnumber all other groups at J.A. Allard Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 76% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, J.A. Allard Elementary School comes in at 41%.
J.A. Allard Elementary School counts 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.7 students for each one. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in Allegheny County.
allk12 grades J.A. Allard Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 81.1%, is 18.4 points above the 62.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In the county around the school, Allegheny County, median household income is about $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 277 public schools operate in Allegheny County, serving about 141,392 students.
Nearest public school: Moon Area Upper Middle School, about 1.2 miles away. The five-mile area around J.A. Allard Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. J.A. Allard Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 81.1% against a local average of 72.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, J.A. Allard Elementary School enrolled 210; in 2024-25, 209.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moon Area SD
- Moon Area SHSHigh · 1,211 students
- Moon Area Lower Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Moon Area Upper Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Bon Meade Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- J H Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Richard J. Hyde Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
Other schools in Moon Township
- Moon Area SHSHigh · 1,211 students
- Moon Area Lower Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Moon Area Upper Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Bon Meade Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- J H Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Richard J. Hyde Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Moon Area Upper Middle School1.2 mi · 621
- Moon Area Lower Middle School1.2 mi · 639
- Richard J. Hyde Elementary School1.2 mi · 237
- Moon Area SHS1.4 mi · 1,211
- Bon Meade Elementary School1.5 mi · 572
- Edgeworth Elementary School1.9 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About J.A. Allard Elementary SchoolHow large is J.A. Allard Elementary School?
J.A. Allard Elementary School enrolls approximately 209 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does J.A. Allard Elementary School serve?
J.A. Allard Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does J.A. Allard Elementary School have?
J.A. Allard Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at J.A. Allard Elementary School?
Student demographics at J.A. Allard Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is J.A. Allard Elementary School in?
J.A. Allard Elementary School is part of Moon Area SD.
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