Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KISKI AREA SD·NCES 421284004516
Kiski Area South Primary School
230 Mamont Dr, Export, PA 15632 · (724) 327-4057 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-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
14.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
139 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 65 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 20% larger than its 4th grade class (54).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Kiski Area South Primary School→Kiski Area Upper Elementary School→Kiski Area IHS→Kiski Area High School
Based on grade levels within Kiski Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -17.0pp since 2023
Math
62.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 62.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 66.3% |
% 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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Kiski Area South Primary School
Kiski Area South Primary School's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiski Area South Primary School this school | 308 | 45.1% | 69.1% |
| Martic Elementary School Holtwood | 291 | 45.7% | 65.4% |
| Berlin Brothersvalley Elementary School Berlin | 290 | 45.2% | 56.1% |
| East Union Intrmd School Cheswick | 335 | 46.3% | 54.8% |
| Hegins-Hubley Elementary School Valley View | 307 | 42.3% | 50.1% |
| Conestoga Elementary School Conestoga | 301 | 47.5% | 67.6% |
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 Kiski Area South Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #316 of 1,396 | #15 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #468 of 1,511 ▼ 154 | #17 of 38 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #531 of 1,511 ▼ 286 | #21 of 38 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #1,219 of 1,638 | #30 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,222 of 1,528 | #29 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #1,237 of 1,531 | #25 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #1,077 of 1,600 | #26 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #364 of 450 | #8 of 8 |
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
308
+34 (+12%) vs 2020
+118% since 1990-91, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 308 | 20.8 | 14.8:1 | 45% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 20.3 | 14.4:1 | 48% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 19.8 | 14.6:1 | 47% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 41% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 18.8 | 16.0:1 | 42% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 29% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | 20% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 14 | 21.6:1 | 15% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 141 | 6 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiski Area South Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (300 to 308); teachers up 11% (18.8 to 20.8).
About Kiski Area South Primary School
Students in Export, Pennsylvania, attend Kiski Area South Primary School, a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 308 students across kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 30% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
The district for Kiski Area South Primary School is Kiski Area SD, with 6 schools and 3,275 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Kiski Area South Primary School is White, at 91%. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among Westmoreland County residents, the White share is about 92%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Its staff includes 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Kiski Area South Primary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 45%. Among public schools in Westmoreland County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Kiski Area South Primary School outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kiski Area South Primary School's results are 10.8 points above predicted: 69.1% against 58.3%.
Westmoreland County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,109 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Westmoreland County number 85, with about 41,302 students.
Of the public schools around it, Kiski Area South Primary School is closest to Kiski Area Upper Elementary School, about 4.3 miles away. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Kiski Area South Primary School at 3rd of 7.
NCES assigns Kiski Area South Primary School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 12%.
The discussion board for Kiski Area South Primary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kiski Area SD
- Kiski Area High SchoolHigh · 1,075 students
- Kiski Area IHSMiddle · 518 students
- Kiski Area Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Kiski Area North Primary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Kiski Area East Primary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Kiski Area Upper Elementary School4.3 mi · 502
- Franklin Regional Intermediate School4.4 mi · 789
- Franklin Regional Primary School4.5 mi · 619
- Franklin Regional SHS5.5 mi · 1,101
- Franklin Regional Middle School5.6 mi · 771
- Holiday Park Intermediate School6.7 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About Kiski Area South Primary SchoolHow many students attend Kiski Area South Primary School?
Kiski Area South Primary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades KG-04.
Is Kiski Area South Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kiski Area South Primary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Kiski Area South Primary School have?
Kiski Area South Primary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Kiski Area South Primary School?
Kiski Area South Primary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Kiski Area South Primary School in?
Kiski Area South Primary School is part of Kiski Area SD.
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