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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALTOONA AREA SD·NCES 420234000930
Juniata Gap Elementary School
3365 Juniata Gap Road, Altoona, PA 16601 · (814) 946-8401 · Blair County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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
13.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
487 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 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
32%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
50.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 52.9% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 Juniata Gap Elementary School
Juniata Gap Elementary School's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata Gap Elementary School this school | 490 | 99.4% | 55.8% |
| California Area Elementary School Coal Center | 485 | 99.4% | 35.1% |
| West Crawford Elementary School Connellsville | 487 | 99.4% | 30.0% |
| Logan Elementary School Altoona | 428 | 99.3% | 42.9% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School Altoona | 439 | 99.3% | 50.2% |
| Juniata Elementary School Altoona | 470 | 96.2% | 55.1% |
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 Gap Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #716 of 1,396 | #7 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #739 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #8 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #731 of 1,511 ▲ 139 | #7 of 16 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #554 of 1,638 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,026 of 1,528 | #14 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #946 of 1,531 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #341 of 1,600 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #118 of 1,045 | #2 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
490
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 490 | 35.4 | 13.9:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 36.6 | 14.3:1 | 99% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 34.7 | 15.9:1 | 65% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 57% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 39.4 | 17.6:1 | 59% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 59% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 54% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 24 | 20.7:1 | 28% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 13 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniata Gap Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (693 to 490); teachers down 10% (39.4 to 35.4).
About Juniata Gap Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Juniata Gap Elementary School serves students in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 490 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
The 10 schools of Altoona Area SD, including Juniata Gap Elementary School, enroll 6,852 students.
Juniata Gap Elementary School is 81% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Hispanic. In Blair County overall, about 92% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.
Staffing at Juniata Gap Elementary School comes to 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. Juniata Gap Elementary School counts 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Blair County is 25 points.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Juniata Gap Elementary School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
In Pennsylvania, Juniata Gap Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.8% compared with a predicted 35.0%.
In Blair County, home to about 121,277 people, median household income comes to about $62,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Blair County's 33 public schools enroll about 15,692 students and include Juniata Gap Elementary School.
The closest school to Juniata Gap Elementary School is Irving Elementary School, located about 1.8 miles away. Juniata Gap Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Juniata Gap Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Juniata Gap Elementary School is Suburb: Small.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 490, down from 529 in 2020-21.
The Juniata Gap Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Mowrie A Ebner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Irving Elementary School1.8 mi · 267
- Juniata Elementary School1.9 mi · 470
- Altoona Area Jr High School2.7 mi · 1,578
- Altoona Area High School2.7 mi · 2,255
- Penn-Lincoln Elementary School2.8 mi · 313
- Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center2.9 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Juniata Gap Elementary SchoolHow large is Juniata Gap Elementary School?
Juniata Gap Elementary School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-05.
Is Juniata Gap Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Juniata Gap Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Juniata Gap Elementary School have?
Juniata Gap Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Juniata Gap Elementary School?
Student demographics at Juniata Gap Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Juniata Gap Elementary School in?
Juniata Gap Elementary School is part of Altoona Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.