Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTROSE AREA SD·NCES 421581006421
Lathrop Street Elementary School
130 Lathrop St, Montrose, PA 18801 · (570) 278-0310 · Susquehanna County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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
12.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
376 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Lathrop Street Elementary School→Montrose Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Montrose Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.3pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 47.8% |
% 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 18 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 Lathrop Street Elementary School
Lathrop Street Elementary School's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop Street Elementary School this school | 401 | 93.8% | 55.2% |
| Mellon Elementary School Ligonier | 395 | 96.7% | 66.7% |
| Hasson Heights School Oil City | 400 | 98.8% | 53.4% |
| SRU Elementary School East Smithfield | 382 | 99.0% | 41.5% |
| Bentworth El Center Bentleyville | 413 | 95.4% | 67.7% |
| Mifflinburg Area Intrmd School Mifflinburg | 381 | 99.2% | 59.8% |
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 Lathrop Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Susquehanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #728 of 1,396 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #871 of 1,511 ▼ 59 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #669 of 1,511 ▼ 240 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #877 of 1,638 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #429 of 1,528 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #1,214 of 1,531 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #605 of 1,600 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #397 of 450 | 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
401
+41 (+11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
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 | 401 | 33.4 | 12.0:1 | 94% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 31.1 | 12.3:1 | 98% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 32.6 | 12.2:1 | 53% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 35 | 10.3:1 | 47% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 33.8 | 11.7:1 | 49% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 40 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 32% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 677 | 33 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lathrop Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (395 to 401); teachers down 1% (33.8 to 33.4).
About Lathrop Street Elementary School
Lathrop Street Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Montrose, Pennsylvania. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 401 students.
Montrose Area SD includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,217 students.
The student body at Lathrop Street Elementary School is 90% White. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic. Lathrop Street Elementary School's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lathrop Street Elementary School's 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 12.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. The gap from the 78% average for public schools in Susquehanna County is 16 points.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Lathrop Street Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 37.4% for Lathrop Street Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 55.2%. The 17.8-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Susquehanna County show that the median household income is $68,487, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Lathrop Street Elementary School, Susquehanna County has 14 other public schools.
The closest public school, Montrose Area JSHS, is about 1.1 miles from Lathrop Street Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lathrop Street Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Lathrop Street Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
The school enrolled 401 students in 2024-25, 41 more than the 360 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.0:1) than in 2020-21 (10.3:1).
Community posts for Lathrop Street Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Susquehanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,219
Census ACS
Median income
$68,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,728 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montrose Area SD
- Montrose Area JSHSHigh · 565 students
- Choconut Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Montrose Area JSHS1.1 mi · 565
- Blue Ridge High School7.8 mi · 297
- Blue Ridge Elementary School7.8 mi · 496
- Blue Ridge Middle School7.8 mi · 225
- Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center8.3 mi · 6
- Elk Lake JSHS8.3 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Lathrop Street Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lathrop Street Elementary School?
Lathrop Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades KG-06.
Is Lathrop Street Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lathrop Street Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Lathrop Street Elementary School have?
Lathrop Street Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Lathrop Street Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lathrop Street Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Lathrop Street Elementary School public or private?
Lathrop Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montrose Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.