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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLWOOD-ANTIS SD·NCES 420330000914
Lewis M Myers Elementary School
220 Martin Street, Bellwood, PA 16617 · (814) 742-2272 · Blair County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
188 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
Based on grade levels within Bellwood-Antis SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 53.5% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Lewis M Myers Elementary School
Lewis M Myers Elementary School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis M Myers Elementary School this school | 399 | 47.1% | 64.8% |
| Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School Jefferson | 391 | 47.6% | 46.5% |
| Keystone Elementary School Knox | 412 | 46.6% | 66.6% |
| Saegertown Elementary School Saegertown | 405 | 44.4% | 61.4% |
| Philipsburg Elementary School Philipsburg | 423 | 44.4% | 66.8% |
| Slippery Rock Area Elementary School Slippery Rock | 453 | 48.1% | 65.5% |
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 Lewis M Myers Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #449 of 1,396 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #534 of 1,511 ▲ 121 | #5 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #285 of 1,511 ▲ 43 | #1 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #887 of 1,638 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #352 of 1,528 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #1,493 of 1,531 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #1,047 of 1,600 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #406 of 1,045 | #10 of 17 |
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
399
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 399 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 47% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 33.8 | 11.8:1 | 47% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 42% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 36% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 28.6 | 16.7:1 | 39% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 35% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 21% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 26 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis M Myers Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (476 to 399); teachers up 19% (28.6 to 34).
About Lewis M Myers Elementary School
Lewis M Myers Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Bellwood, Pennsylvania. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 399 students enrolled.
A total of 3 schools make up Bellwood-Antis SD, with 1,109 students enrolled.
At Lewis M Myers Elementary School, 96% of students are White. The diversity index for Lewis M Myers Elementary School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Of all students at Lewis M Myers Elementary School, 47% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Blair County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Lewis M Myers Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 68% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lewis M Myers Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.8%; the prediction is 57.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Blair County show that the median household earns about $62,382 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Blair County has 33 public schools with about 15,692 students, including Lewis M Myers Elementary School.
Bellwood Antis Middle School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Lewis M Myers Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 399, compared with 425 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.7:1, from 14.7:1.
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Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellwood-Antis SD
- Bellwood-Antis High SchoolHigh · 378 students
- Bellwood Antis Middle SchoolMiddle · 332 students
Other schools in Bellwood
- Bellwood-Antis High SchoolHigh · 378 students
- Bellwood Antis Middle SchoolMiddle · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Bellwood Antis Middle School0.1 mi · 332
- Bellwood-Antis High School0.2 mi · 378
- Juniata Elementary School5.0 mi · 470
- Logan Elementary School5.0 mi · 428
- Irving Elementary School5.8 mi · 267
- Juniata Gap Elementary School5.9 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis M Myers Elementary SchoolHow large is Lewis M Myers Elementary School?
Lewis M Myers Elementary School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Lewis M Myers Elementary School serve?
Lewis M Myers Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Lewis M Myers Elementary School have?
Lewis M Myers Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Lewis M Myers Elementary School?
Lewis M Myers Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lewis M Myers Elementary School public or private?
Lewis M Myers Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bellwood-Antis SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.