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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALTOONA AREA SD·NCES 420234000895
Juniata Elementary School
418 N 8th Ave Juniata, Altoona, PA 16601 · (814) 946-8394 · Blair County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
12.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
452 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
57.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 53.6% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 19 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 Juniata Elementary School
Juniata Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata Elementary School this school | 470 | 96.2% | 55.1% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School Altoona | 439 | 99.3% | 50.2% |
| Juniata Gap Elementary School Altoona | 490 | 99.4% | 55.8% |
| California Area Elementary School Coal Center | 485 | 99.4% | 35.1% |
| Kiski Area East Primary School Vandergrift | 425 | 91.1% | 61.6% |
| Logan Elementary School Altoona | 428 | 99.3% | 42.9% |
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 Juniata Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #732 of 1,396 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #606 of 1,511 ▲ 48 | #6 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #796 of 1,511 ▲ 87 | #8 of 16 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #616 of 1,638 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #645 of 1,528 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #779 of 1,531 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #535 of 1,600 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #246 of 1,045 | #7 of 17 |
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
470
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 470 | 37.2 | 12.6:1 | 96% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 99% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 38.6 | 11.9:1 | 84% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 77% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 41.8 | 14.4:1 | 82% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 80% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 33 | 12.4:1 | 61% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 43% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 34 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniata Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (601 to 470); teachers down 11% (41.8 to 37.2).
About Juniata Elementary School
Juniata Elementary School is a public elementary school in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 470 students in kindergarten through 5.
Altoona Area SD has 10 schools and 6,852 students, and Juniata Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Juniata Elementary School is 77% White. Other groups include 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 92% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.6:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Of all students at Juniata Elementary School, 96% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Blair County, the school's rate is higher.
Juniata Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Juniata Elementary School in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 18.7 points above it (55.1% actual, 36.4% predicted).
The school is in Blair County, where the median household earns about $62,382 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Juniata Elementary School shares Blair County with 32 other public schools.
Irving Elementary School sits about 0.9 miles from Juniata Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 48.7% proficiency; Juniata Elementary School posts 55.1%.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 461 to 470.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Juniata Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Altoona Area SD
- Altoona Area High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Altoona Area Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Juniata Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Mowrie A Ebner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Altoona
- Altoona Area High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Altoona Area Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Juniata Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Mowrie A Ebner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other Juniata Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Juniata Elementary. Juniata Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Juniata Elementary SchoolMifflintown, PA · 686 students
- Juniata Elementary SchoolDuBois, PA · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Irving Elementary School0.9 mi · 267
- Logan Elementary School1.0 mi · 428
- Penn-Lincoln Elementary School1.9 mi · 313
- Altoona Area Jr High School1.9 mi · 1,578
- Altoona Area High School1.9 mi · 2,255
- Juniata Gap Elementary School1.9 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Juniata Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Juniata Elementary School?
Juniata Elementary School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Juniata Elementary School serve?
Juniata Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Juniata Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Juniata Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Juniata Elementary School?
At Juniata Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Juniata Elementary School public or private?
Juniata Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Altoona Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.