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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALTOONA AREA SD·NCES 420234000933

Logan Elementary School

301 Sycamore Street Greenwood, Altoona, PA 16602 · (814) 946-8370 · Blair County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+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

Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
425 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6916%
Grade 16415%
Grade 27117%
Grade 37718%
Grade 47317%
Grade 57417%

This year's kindergarten class (69) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).

Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
35984%
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
102%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
246%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
297%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
24257%
Female
18643%

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
28.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.4pp since 2023
Math
42.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.5pp 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 43 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2528.9%42.7%
2023-2447.3%41.2%
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 43% 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 Logan Elementary School

Logan Elementary School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Logan Elementary School this school42899.3%42.9%
Hasson Heights School
Oil City
40098.8%53.4%
West Crawford Elementary School
Connellsville
48799.4%30.0%
Juniata Gap Elementary School
Altoona
49099.4%55.8%
Bentworth El Center
Bentleyville
41395.4%67.7%
California Area Elementary School
Coal Center
48599.4%35.1%
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 Logan Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Blair County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
42.9%#1,022 of 1,396#14 of 16
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
42.7%#952 of 1,511
▼ 14
#11 of 16
▲ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
28.9%#1,220 of 1,511
▼ 239
#15 of 16
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
428#761 of 1,638#7 of 17
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.9:1#727 of 1,528#11 of 17
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
28.8%#1,006 of 1,531#6 of 17
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.3%#354 of 1,600#4 of 17
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.5%#302 of 1,045#9 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 2024-25
Enrollment
428
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2542833.212.9:199% (425)
2023-2443833.313.2:199% (435)
2022-2343932.113.7:168% (297)
2020-214383213.7:161% (269)
2017-1853240.813.0:162% (330)
2015-165803715.7:165% (376)
2010-116203120.0:153% (329)
2000-016162623.7:134% (208)
1990-916722923.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Logan Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 20% (532 to 428); teachers down 19% (40.8 to 33.2).

About Logan Elementary School

Altoona, Pennsylvania, is home to Logan Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 428 students.

Altoona Area SD counts 6,852 students in its 10 schools, and Logan Elementary School is one of them.

About 84% of the student body at Logan Elementary School is White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 2% Hispanic. That compares with about 92% White among all Blair County residents. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Dividing enrollment by its 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Logan Elementary School reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Blair County.

The allk12 Grade for Logan Elementary School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Logan Elementary School scores 42.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.0%.

Within Blair County, the median household income is $62,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Logan Elementary School, Blair County has 32 other public schools.

The shortest distance from Logan Elementary School to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Juniata Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Logan Elementary School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Federal data place Logan Elementary School in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 438 to 428, a small change.

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Blair County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Logan Elementary School
District
Altoona Area SD
Address
301 Sycamore Street Greenwood, Altoona, PA 16602
Phone
(814) 946-8370
County
Blair County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
428
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
12.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
425 (99%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
420234000933
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Logan Elementary. Logan Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 12.

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Frequently asked questions

About Logan Elementary School
How many students attend Logan Elementary School?
Logan Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Logan Elementary School serve?
Logan Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Logan Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Logan Elementary School.
How diverse is Logan Elementary School?
Logan Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Logan Elementary School in?
Logan Elementary School is part of Altoona Area SD.
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