Enrollment
148
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-VALLEY SD·NCES 422370003954
Mahantongo Elementary School
1200 Ridge Rd, Klingerstown, PA 17941 · (570) 648-6062 · Schuylkill County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
72 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Mahantongo Elementary School→Tri-Valley JSHS
Based on grade levels within Tri-Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
46.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 36.5% |
% 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Mahantongo Elementary School
Mahantongo Elementary School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahantongo Elementary School this school | 148 | 48.6% | 47.6% |
| George A Ferrell Elementary School Picture Rocks | 139 | 48.2% | 52.2% |
| Ross Elementary School Sweet Valley | 166 | 47.6% | 50.3% |
| Carl G Renn Elementary School Lairdsville | 181 | 49.7% | 54.0% |
| Liberty Elementary School Liberty | 185 | 50.8% | 47.0% |
| Spring Farms Elementary School Three Springs | 174 | 54.6% | 41.6% |
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 Mahantongo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #925 of 1,396 | #7 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #868 of 1,511 ▲ 148 | #6 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #681 of 1,511 ▲ 302 | #3 of 16 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 148 | #1,588 of 1,638 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #1,021 of 1,600 | #12 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 2024-25Enrollment
148
-9 (-6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 148
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 148 | 8.8 | 16.8:1 | 49% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 143 | 8.8 | 16.3:1 | 50% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 137 | 10.3 | 13.3:1 | 32% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 157 | 8 | 19.6:1 | 25% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 151 | 7.4 | 20.5:1 | 26% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 138 | 8 | 17.3:1 | 26% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 116 | 9 | 12.9:1 | 38% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 126 | 7 | 18.0:1 | 16% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 148 | 9 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mahantongo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (151 to 148); teachers up 19% (7.4 to 8.8).
About Mahantongo Elementary School
Mahantongo Elementary School is a very small elementary school based in Klingerstown, Pennsylvania. In all, 148 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 67% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Tri-Valley SD oversees Mahantongo Elementary School and 2 other schools, with 882 students in total.
Roughly 98% of students at Mahantongo Elementary School are White. The county population is about 88% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 4%.
On staff are 8.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 3.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Mahantongo Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 49%. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Schuylkill County.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Mahantongo Elementary School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mahantongo Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.6%; the prediction is 56.8%.
The county, Schuylkill County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $68,313, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 35 public schools and about 18,259 students.
Hegins-Hubley Elementary School is about 3.7 miles from Mahantongo Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Mahantongo Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Federal data place Mahantongo Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 148, compared with 157 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.8:1) than in 2020-21 (19.6:1).
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Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tri-Valley SD
- Tri-Valley JSHSHigh · 427 students
- Hegins-Hubley Elementary SchoolElementary · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Hegins-Hubley Elementary School3.7 mi · 307
- Tri-Valley JSHS5.3 mi · 427
- Shamokin Area Intermediate School6.6 mi · 308
- Shamokin Area Elementary School6.6 mi · 830
- Northumberland County Career and Technology Center6.7 mi · 15
- Shamokin Area High School6.7 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Mahantongo Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mahantongo Elementary School?
Mahantongo Elementary School enrolls approximately 148 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mahantongo Elementary School serve?
Mahantongo Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mahantongo Elementary School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Mahantongo Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Mahantongo Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mahantongo Elementary School are roughly 98% White, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Mahantongo Elementary School?
Mahantongo Elementary School is overseen by Tri-Valley SD in Schuylkill County.
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