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Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus

501 Linden St, Mayfield, PA 18433 · (570) 254-9485 · Lackawanna County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
176 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4517%
Grade 12911%
Grade 23413%
Grade 34617%
Grade 44015%
Grade 54015%
Grade 63413%

This year's kindergarten class (45) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (34).

Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
22484%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
239%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Two+
156%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
13350%
Female
13550%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus→Lakeland JSHS
Based on grade levels within Lakeland School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
50.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +18.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2550.6%46.1%
2023-2447.7%27.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus

Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus this school26865.7%46.4%
Weatherly Area Elementary School
Weatherly
29166.7%52.1%
White Deer Elementary School
New Columbia
28765.9%56.9%
St Thomas Elementary School
Saint Thomas
29762.3%43.9%
Bethel Elementary School
Bethel
28663.3%53.2%
Southmoreland Primary Center
Alverton
27764.3%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 Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Lackawanna County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.4%#950 of 1,396#12 of 24
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
46.1%#879 of 1,511
▲ 283
#9 of 26
▲ 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.6%#724 of 1,511
▲ 250
#9 of 26
▲ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
268#1,354 of 1,638#22 of 28
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.9:1#413 of 1,528#6 of 25
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
29.0%#1,000 of 1,531#20 of 27
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
65.7%#759 of 1,600#16 of 28
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.8%#387 of 1,045#11 of 20
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 2024-25
Enrollment
268
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2526822.511.9:166% (176)
2023-2427425.510.8:164% (176)
2022-2327524.511.2:161% (167)
2020-212602510.4:152% (135)
2017-1832226.512.2:144% (142)
2015-163152115.0:154% (169)
2010-113362712.4:141% (137)
2000-013431720.2:137% (126)
1990-913351620.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus.

Since 2017-18: students down 17% (322 to 268); teachers down 15% (26.5 to 22.5).

About Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus

Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus operates as a small elementary school in Mayfield, Pennsylvania. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 268 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.

The district, Lakeland School District, has 1,323 students enrolled across 3 schools.

Federal enrollment data show Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus is 84% White. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 81% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 22.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus is 66%.

The allk12 Grade for Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus would score about 49.5%. It scores 46.4%, 3.0 points below that figure.

Census estimates describe Lackawanna County this way: the median household income is $66,223, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus, Lackawanna County has 46 other public schools.

The closest public school to Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus is Carbondale Elementary School, about 1.9 miles away. Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus ranks 4th on proficiency.

Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 8 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.4:1 to 11.9:1.

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Lackawanna County at a glance

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Population
216,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
27,006 students

Quick facts

School name
Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus
District
Lakeland School District
Address
501 Linden St, Mayfield, PA 18433
Phone
(570) 254-9485
County
Lackawanna County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
268
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
11.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
176 (66%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
421305007171
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus
How many students attend Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus?
Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus enrolls approximately 268 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus serve?
Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus have?
Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus?
At Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus, the student body is approximately 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus public or private?
Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lakeland School District.
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