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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 290 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTOURSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421575003042
Lyter El Sch
900 Spruce St, Montoursville, PA 17754 · (570) 368-2614 · Lycoming County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
122 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
81.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 20 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
382
-82 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.1:1
% White
92%
was 92%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lyter El Sch
Located at 900 Spruce St, in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, Lyter El Sch is a mid-sized primary school that instructs 382 students (grades K through 4), part of Montoursville Area SD.
Across the 4 schools in Montoursville Area SD (1,679 students total), Lyter El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Lyter El Sch records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lycoming County as a whole.
On the resource side, Lyter El Sch logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at Lyter El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lycoming County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lyter El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 63.9%; this one delivers 83.5%, a residual of +19.6 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Lycoming County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,917, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Lycoming County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), of which Lyter El Sch is one.
Nearest neighbor: Montoursville Area SHS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lyter El Sch. On composite proficiency, Lyter El Sch comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.
Lyter El Sch operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Lyter El Sch's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 382). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.
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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 MSMiddle · 530 students
- Loyalsock Valley El SchElementary · 197 students
Other schools in Montoursville
- Donald E. Schick SchElementary · 721 students
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- C E McCall MSMiddle · 530 students
- Loyalsock Valley El SchElementary · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Montoursville Area SHS0.3 mi · 570
- C E McCall MS0.5 mi · 530
- Donald E. Schick Sch1.8 mi · 721
- Loyalsock Twp SHS2.8 mi · 436
- Loyalsock Twp MS2.8 mi · 353
- Loyalsock Valley El Sch4.3 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About Lyter El SchHow many students attend Lyter El Sch?
Lyter El Sch enrolls approximately 382 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Lyter El Sch serve?
Lyter El Sch serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lyter El Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lyter El Sch is approximately 14.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lyter El Sch?
At Lyter El Sch, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lyter El Sch in?
Lyter El Sch is part of Montoursville Area SD.
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