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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 290 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTOURSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421575003042
Lyter Elementary School
900 Spruce St, Montoursville, PA 17754 · (570) 368-2614 · Lycoming County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
15%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.
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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.7% | 81.3% |
| 2023-24 | 87.2% | 81.3% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Lyter Elementary School
Lyter Elementary School's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyter Elementary School this school | 382 | 31.9% | 83.5% |
| Harrison Park Elementary School Jeannette | 409 | 33.7% | 81.0% |
| West Point Elementary School Greensburg | 372 | 35.2% | 73.4% |
| South Mountain Elementary School Dillsburg | 389 | 28.8% | 61.5% |
| Pennell Elementary School Aston | 415 | 30.6% | 57.5% |
| Northwestern Lehigh Elementary School New Tripoli | 396 | 28.5% | 53.9% |
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 Lyter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #60 of 1,396 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #93 of 1,511 ▼ 31 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #101 of 1,511 ▼ 72 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #947 of 1,638 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,159 of 1,528 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.9% | #1,301 of 1,531 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #1,302 of 1,600 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #359 of 1,045 | #4 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
382
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 382 | 26.5 | 14.4:1 | 32% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 26.5 | 13.9:1 | 33% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 27.1 | 14.8:1 | 40% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 33% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 27.1 | 17.1:1 | 33% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 33% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 24 | 19.2:1 | 19% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 23 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (464 to 382); teachers down 2% (27.1 to 26.5).
About Lyter Elementary School
Lyter Elementary School, located in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 382 students.
Montoursville Area SD enrolls 1,679 students in 4 schools, including Lyter Elementary School.
At Lyter Elementary School, White students make up 92% of the student body. The school is also 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is close to the 89% White share among all Lycoming County residents. Lyter Elementary School has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 26.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 32% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Lycoming County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Lyter Elementary School is A+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lyter Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 83.5%. Predicted: 63.9%. Difference: 19.6 points.
In the county around the school, Lycoming County, median household income is 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%. Lyter Elementary School is among the 30 public schools in Lycoming County.
The closest other public school is Montoursville Area SHS, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lyter Elementary School's average proficiency of 83.5% compares with 49.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 411 in 2020-21 and 382 in 2024-25, a decrease of 29 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Loyalsock Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other schools in Montoursville
- Donald E. Schick SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- C E McCall Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Loyalsock Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Montoursville Area SHS0.3 mi · 570
- C E McCall Middle School0.5 mi · 530
- Donald E. Schick School1.8 mi · 721
- Loyalsock Twp Middle School2.8 mi · 353
- Loyalsock Twp SHS2.8 mi · 436
- Loyalsock Valley Elementary School4.3 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About Lyter Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lyter Elementary School?
Lyter Elementary School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Lyter Elementary School serve?
Lyter Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lyter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lyter Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lyter Elementary School?
At Lyter Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lyter Elementary School in?
Lyter Elementary School is part of Montoursville Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.