Enrollment
191
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST MIDDLESEX AREA SD·NCES 422565006803
Luther W Low Elementary School
3591 Sharon Rd, West Middlesex, PA 16159 · (724) 634-3030 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
117 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 59 | 31% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 23% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 West Middlesex Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 74.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Luther W Low Elementary School
Luther W Low Elementary School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther W Low Elementary School this school | 191 | 61.3% | 73.0% |
| Northwest Area Primary School Shickshinny | 215 | 61.9% | N/A |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Indiana | 213 | 61.5% | 58.0% |
| Hydetown Elementary School Titusville | 204 | 65.2% | 69.4% |
| Perry Lower Intrmd School Ellwood City | 225 | 58.7% | 58.3% |
| Indian Valley Intrmd School Reedsville | 212 | 54.7% | 54.5% |
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 Luther W Low Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #234 of 1,396 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #50 of 1,511 ▲ 126 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #255 of 1,511 ▲ 200 | #2 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #1,548 of 1,638 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #809 of 1,600 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #399 of 1,045 | #1 of 11 |
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
191
-18 (-9%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 191 | 16.7 | 11.4:1 | 61% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 20.4 | 10.0:1 | 57% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 19.9 | 10.1:1 | 49% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 20 | 10.4:1 | 45% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 18.9 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 231 | 17 | 13.6:1 | 43% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 38% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 29% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luther W Low Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (229 to 191); teachers down 12% (18.9 to 16.7).
About Luther W Low Elementary School
At 3591 Sharon Rd in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Luther W Low Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. In all, 191 students attend the school in kindergarten through 3. The school is 57% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Luther W Low Elementary School is one school in a 3-school district, West Middlesex Area SD, which enrolls 694 students.
Luther W Low Elementary School is 92% White by enrollment. Next come 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Mercer County, where about 88% of residents are White. The diversity index for Luther W Low Elementary School is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 16.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.4:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 61%. The average for public schools in Mercer County is 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, Luther W Low Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 91% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Luther W Low Elementary School beats its 51.3% prediction with 73.0%, a top-10% result in Pennsylvania.
In the wider Mercer County area, median household income comes to about $59,976, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Mercer County's 37 public schools enroll about 12,815 students and include Luther W Low Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Oakview Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Luther W Low Elementary School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% decline, from 209 to 191.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,257
Census ACS
Median income
$59,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
12,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Middlesex Area SD
- West Middlesex Area JSHSHigh · 332 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolMiddle · 171 students
Other schools in West Middlesex
- West Middlesex Area JSHSHigh · 332 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolMiddle · 171 students
Nearby schools
- Oakview Elementary School0.0 mi · 171
- West Middlesex Area JSHS0.2 mi · 332
- Farrell Area HS/UMS3.3 mi · 281
- Russell C. Phillips Elementary School3.4 mi · 414
- Delahunty Middle School4.4 mi · 313
- Musser Elementary School4.5 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Luther W Low Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Luther W Low Elementary School?
Luther W Low Elementary School enrolls approximately 191 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Luther W Low Elementary School serve?
Luther W Low Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does Luther W Low Elementary School have?
Luther W Low Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Luther W Low Elementary School?
At Luther W Low Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Luther W Low Elementary School public or private?
Luther W Low Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Middlesex Area SD.
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