Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERMITAGE SD·NCES 421182003147
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School
375 N Hermitage Road, Hermitage, PA 16148 · (724) 981-8750 · Mercer County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- B+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
14.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
145 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 143 | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 164 | 53% |
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hermitage SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 65.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Karen A. Ionta Elementary School
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen A. Ionta Elementary School this school | 307 | 47.2% | 66.4% |
| Bellefonte Elementary School Bellefonte | 318 | 51.9% | 53.0% |
| Kiski Area South Primary School Export | 308 | 45.1% | 69.1% |
| Coebourn Elementary School Brookhaven | 319 | 44.8% | 51.8% |
| Conestoga Elementary School Conestoga | 301 | 47.5% | 67.6% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Folsom | 347 | 50.4% | 50.9% |
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 Karen A. Ionta Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #405 of 1,396 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #476 of 1,511 ▼ 136 | #5 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #544 of 1,511 ▼ 78 | #3 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #1,223 of 1,638 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,241 of 1,528 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #950 of 1,531 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #1,045 of 1,600 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #789 of 1,045 | #6 of 11 |
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
307
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 307 | 20.6 | 14.9:1 | 47% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 20.9 | 13.9:1 | 50% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 21.1 | 14.6:1 | 49% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 48% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 17.9 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 37% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 30% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 29% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Karen A. Ionta Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (329 to 307); teachers up 15% (17.9 to 20.6).
About Karen A. Ionta Elementary School
This page covers Karen A. Ionta Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. The school teaches grades 4 through 5 and enrolls 307 students. That is 31% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Hermitage SD totals 1,984 students.
White students are 81% of those enrolled at Karen A. Ionta Elementary School. The next largest groups are 10% multiracial and 7% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Karen A. Ionta Elementary School, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Mercer County, the average is 71%.
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 74% 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 Karen A. Ionta Elementary School, the prediction is 57.4% and the result is 66.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Mercer County show that the median household earns about $59,976 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Mercer County, 37 public schools serve about 12,815 students.
Among nearby public schools, Artman Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Karen A. Ionta Elementary School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Karen A. Ionta Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Karen A. Ionta Elementary School as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment increased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.9:1, from 16.1:1.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,257
Census ACS
Median income
$59,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
12,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hermitage SD
- Hickory High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Artman Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Delahunty Middle SchoolMiddle · 313 students
Other schools in Hermitage
- Hickory High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Artman Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Delahunty Middle SchoolMiddle · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Artman Elementary School0.1 mi · 596
- Delahunty Middle School0.1 mi · 313
- Hickory High School0.3 mi · 768
- Sharpsville Area Middle School1.6 mi · 217
- Sharpsville Area SHS1.6 mi · 326
- Sharpsville Area Elementary School1.7 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Karen A. Ionta Elementary SchoolHow large is Karen A. Ionta Elementary School?
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School enrolls approximately 307 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Karen A. Ionta Elementary School serve?
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School serves grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Karen A. Ionta Elementary School have?
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Karen A. Ionta Elementary School?
Student demographics at Karen A. Ionta Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Karen A. Ionta Elementary School in?
Karen A. Ionta Elementary School is part of Hermitage SD.
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