Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 290 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTOURSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421575003044
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School
3790 Route 87 Highway, Montoursville, PA 17754 · (570) 435-0446 · Lycoming County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
66 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (41).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 Montoursville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 57.4% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Loyalsock Valley Elementary School
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyalsock Valley Elementary School this school | 197 | 33.5% | 65.7% |
| Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School Centre Hall | 205 | 37.1% | 77.3% |
| N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary School Red Lion | 240 | 36.3% | 53.0% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Lake Ariel | 239 | 31.8% | 75.7% |
| Pleasant Gap Elementary School Pleasant Gap | 215 | 29.8% | 67.1% |
| Fawn Area Elementary School Fawn Grove | 249 | 36.5% | 68.5% |
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 Loyalsock Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #427 of 1,396 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #417 of 1,511 ▲ 133 | #4 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #379 of 1,511 ▲ 33 | #3 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #1,536 of 1,638 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #1,280 of 1,600 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #385 of 1,045 | #5 of 8 |
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
197
-37 (-16%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 197 | 17 | 11.6:1 | 34% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 17 | 12.5:1 | 31% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | 18.3 | 12.2:1 | 35% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 19 | 12.3:1 | 32% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 16.6 | 14.3:1 | 32% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 15 | 16.1:1 | 31% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 24% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 17% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 17 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loyalsock Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (237 to 197); teachers up 2% (16.6 to 17).
About Loyalsock Valley Elementary School
Families in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, are served by Loyalsock Valley Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It had 197 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 4. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 56% lower.
Montoursville Area SD has 4 schools and 1,679 students, and Loyalsock Valley Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Loyalsock Valley Elementary School, about 95 are White. It is also 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
Classroom staffing at Loyalsock Valley Elementary School totals 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Loyalsock Valley Elementary School is about 34%. The average for public schools in Lycoming County is 60%.
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.3% at Loyalsock Valley Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lycoming County show that median household income comes to about $63,917, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 30, with about 14,288 students.
Measured in a straight line, C E McCall Middle School is about 4.1 miles from Loyalsock Valley Elementary School. The five-mile area around Loyalsock Valley Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. The school's 65.7% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
From 234 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 197 by 2024-25.
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Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montoursville Area SD
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- C E McCall Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Lyter Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Montoursville
- Donald E. Schick SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- C E McCall Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Lyter Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Nearby schools
- C E McCall Middle School4.1 mi · 530
- Donald E. Schick School4.3 mi · 721
- Lyter Elementary School4.3 mi · 382
- Montoursville Area SHS4.6 mi · 570
- Loyalsock Twp SHS4.9 mi · 436
- Loyalsock Twp Middle School4.9 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Loyalsock Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Loyalsock Valley Elementary School?
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades KG-04.
Is Loyalsock Valley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Loyalsock Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Loyalsock Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Loyalsock Valley Elementary School?
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Loyalsock Valley Elementary School?
Loyalsock Valley Elementary School is overseen by Montoursville Area SD in Lycoming County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.