Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNIATA VALLEY SD·NCES 421263005230
Juniata Valley Elementary School
7855 Juniata Valley Pike, Alexandria, PA 16611 · (814) 669-4422 · Huntingdon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest 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
9.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
177 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Juniata Valley Elementary School→Juniata Valley JSHS
Based on grade levels within Juniata Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 34.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Juniata Valley Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata Valley Elementary School this school | 285 | 62.1% | 43.2% |
| Otto-Eldred Elementary School Eldred | 271 | 64.9% | 62.5% |
| Southmoreland Primary Center Alverton | 277 | 64.3% | N/A |
| Penns Manor Area Elementary School Clymer | 321 | 60.4% | 48.9% |
| W R Croman Primary School Troy | 321 | 62.6% | N/A |
| Chestnut Ridge Central Elementary School New Paris | 303 | 66.7% | N/A |
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 Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Huntingdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #1,013 of 1,396 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,009 of 1,511 ▲ 36 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,079 of 1,511 ▼ 8 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #1,300 of 1,638 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #27 of 1,528 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #1,496 of 1,531 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #798 of 1,600 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #293 of 1,045 | N/A |
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
285
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 285 | 31 | 9.2:1 | 62% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 30 | 10.1:1 | 59% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 31 | 10.4:1 | 59% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 30 | 10.3:1 | 52% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 32.3 | 11.0:1 | 49% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 48% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 38% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 36% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniata Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (356 to 285); teachers down 4% (32.3 to 31).
About Juniata Valley Elementary School
Juniata Valley Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Alexandria, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 285 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
Juniata Valley SD runs 2 schools with a combined 659 students. Juniata Valley Elementary School is one of them.
Roughly 97% of students at Juniata Valley Elementary School are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Juniata Valley Elementary School scores 6%.
Based on 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, Juniata Valley Elementary School has a ratio of 9.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 63% average for public schools in Huntingdon County.
Juniata Valley Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Juniata Valley Elementary School, the prediction is 51.0% and the result is 43.2%.
In the wider Huntingdon County area, the median household earns about $65,557 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Huntingdon County, 17 public schools serve about 4,454 students.
The closest school to Juniata Valley Elementary School is Juniata Valley JSHS, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Juniata Valley Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Juniata Valley Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Juniata Valley Elementary School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 309 to 285. The school's ratio dropped from 10.3:1 to 9.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Huntingdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,653
Census ACS
Median income
$65,557
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Juniata Valley JSHS0.1 mi · 374
- Standing Stone Elementary School5.2 mi · 382
- Huntingdon Area Middle School5.3 mi · 419
- Huntingdon Area SHS5.3 mi · 546
- New Day CS6.3 mi · 139
- Southside Elementary School6.8 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Juniata Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Juniata Valley Elementary School?
Juniata Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Juniata Valley Elementary School serve?
Juniata Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Juniata Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at Juniata Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Juniata Valley Elementary School?
Juniata Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Juniata Valley Elementary School public or private?
Juniata Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Juniata Valley SD.
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