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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIFFLIN COUNTY SD·NCES 421529000784
Lewistown Elementary School
1 Manor Drive, Lewistown, PA 17044 · (717) 242-5823 · Mifflin County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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.
- C-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
9.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
452 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 113 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 29% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 22% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 18.5% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Lewistown Elementary School
Lewistown Elementary School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewistown Elementary School this school | 457 | 98.9% | 28.4% |
| Wallenpaupack North Intrmd School Hawley | 474 | 98.5% | 61.9% |
| Minersville Area El Center Minersville | 468 | 97.2% | 43.1% |
| Wallenpaupack North Prim School Hawley | 418 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Fayetteville Elementary School Fayetteville | 481 | 96.7% | 57.0% |
| Williams Valley Elementary School Tower City | 497 | 98.2% | 29.5% |
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 Lewistown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Mifflin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,193 of 1,396 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,136 of 1,511 ▲ 148 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,219 of 1,511 ▼ 28 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #663 of 1,638 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #39 of 1,528 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #931 of 1,531 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #388 of 1,600 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #397 of 1,045 | 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
457
-48 (-10%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 457 | 48.4 | 9.4:1 | 99% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 51.8 | 8.7:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 51 | 9.5:1 | 100% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 48 | 10.5:1 | 99% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 52.8 | 10.4:1 | 100% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 50 | 11.3:1 | 100% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 63% (314) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewistown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (548 to 457); teachers down 8% (52.8 to 48.4).
About Lewistown Elementary School
Lewistown Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, administered by Mifflin County SD. The school reports 457 students in kindergarten through 3.
Mifflin County SD is the district for Lewistown Elementary School. It has 9 schools and 4,491 students.
White students make up 81% of enrollment at Lewistown Elementary School. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic and 5% Black. Census figures show Mifflin County is about 94% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1 at Lewistown Elementary School, with 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 9.4:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 99% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Mifflin County report 76%.
The allk12 Grade for Lewistown Elementary School is C-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lewistown Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.4% and a predicted 35.2%.
Across Mifflin County, the median household income is $63,953, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Mifflin County has 11 public schools and roughly 4,774 students.
The next-closest public school is Mifflin Co Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. On proficiency, Lewistown Elementary School is behind the 43.8% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
Lewistown Elementary School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when Lewistown Elementary School had 505 students, to 2024-25, when it had 457. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 10.5:1 to 9.4:1.
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Mifflin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,041
Census ACS
Median income
$63,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,774 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mifflin County SD
- Mifflin Co High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Mifflin Co Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Mifflin Co Junior High SchoolHigh · 678 students
- Lewistown Intrmd SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Indian Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- East Derry Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
Other schools in Lewistown
- Mifflin Co High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Mifflin Co Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Mifflin Co Junior High SchoolHigh · 678 students
- Lewistown Intrmd SchoolElementary · 516 students
- East Derry Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Mifflin County Academy of Science and TechnologyHigh · 5 students
Other Lewistown Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lewistown Elementary. Lewistown Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Lewistown ElementaryThurmont, MD · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Mifflin Co Middle School0.1 mi · 733
- Lewistown Intrmd School0.4 mi · 516
- Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology0.8 mi · 5
- Mifflin Co Junior High School2.0 mi · 678
- Mifflin Co High School2.2 mi · 1,032
- East Derry Elementary School4.0 mi · 261
Frequently asked questions
About Lewistown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lewistown Elementary School?
Lewistown Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Lewistown Elementary School serve?
Lewistown Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lewistown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lewistown Elementary School is approximately 9.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lewistown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lewistown Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Lewistown Elementary School in?
Lewistown Elementary School is part of Mifflin County SD.
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