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Liberty-Valley El Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Liberty-Valley El Sch
Liberty-Valley El Sch operates as a mid-tier primary school in Danville, Pennsylvania, operated by Danville Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 491 students spanning grades 3 through 5.
Danville Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,133 students; Liberty-Valley El Sch is among them.
On the student-mix side, Liberty-Valley El Sch lists that nearly all students (86%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 41% of students at Liberty-Valley El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Liberty-Valley El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.7%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Montour County put the typical household earns roughly $76,976 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Liberty-Valley El Sch is one of 6 public schools in Montour County (combined enrollment of about 2,221 students).
Nearest neighbor: Danville Area MS, around 2.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Liberty-Valley El Sch. On composite proficiency, Liberty-Valley El Sch comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty-Valley El Sch has declined 3%, going from 507 students in 2018 to 491 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Liberty-Valley El Sch typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Montour County at a glance
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