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Maplewood Elementary School

32695 State Highway 408, Townville, PA 16360 · (814) 337-1659 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
  • DBeats 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

Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
214 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6414%
Grade 16414%
Grade 26113%
Grade 36915%
Grade 47817%
Grade 55512%
Grade 66314%

This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (63).

Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
42694%
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
72%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Two+
194%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
22550%
Female
22950%

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
40.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.1pp since 2023
Math
42.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.8pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.1%42.2%
2023-2453.2%44.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% 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 Maplewood Elementary School

Maplewood Elementary School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Maplewood Elementary School this school45447.1%47.0%
Slippery Rock Area Elementary School
Slippery Rock
45348.1%65.5%
Ward L Myers Elementary School
Muncy
45148.6%53.5%
Keystone Elementary School
Knox
41246.6%66.6%
Kiski Area North Primary School
Leechburg
44743.8%64.8%
Philipsburg Elementary School
Philipsburg
42344.4%66.8%
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 Maplewood Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Crawford County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
47.0%#938 of 1,396#8 of 11
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
42.2%#968 of 1,511
▼ 82
#10 of 13
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.1%#1,016 of 1,511
▼ 186
#9 of 13
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
454#674 of 1,638#1 of 14
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.7:1#996 of 1,528#10 of 13
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
11.8%#1,391 of 1,531#8 of 13
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
47.1%#1,046 of 1,600#13 of 14
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.1%#642 of 1,045#11 of 12
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 2024-25
Enrollment
454
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 843
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2545433.113.7:147% (214)
2023-2445432.214.1:147% (214)
2022-2344733.413.4:154% (241)
2020-214363313.2:151% (221)
2017-1850537.213.6:148% (240)
2015-165273913.5:152% (274)
2010-116014214.3:148% (290)
2000-017464516.6:135% (264)
1990-918434220.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maplewood Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 10% (505 to 454); teachers down 11% (37.2 to 33.1).

About Maplewood Elementary School

Maplewood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Townville, Pennsylvania. The school had 454 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.

Penncrest SD, which runs Maplewood Elementary School, has 6 schools and 2,399 students.

Maplewood Elementary School's enrollment is 94% White. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial. For comparison, Crawford County is about 93% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Maplewood Elementary School employs 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 47% in 2024-25. That is 32 points below the 79% average for public schools in Crawford County.

The allk12 Grade for Maplewood Elementary School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

On BeatsExpectations, Maplewood Elementary School is 10.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.

In Crawford County (population about 82,716), the median household income is $60,476, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Maplewood Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in the county.

The closest public school, Maplewood JSHS, is about 3.1 miles from Maplewood Elementary School. Other public schools within ten miles: 2. On average proficiency, Maplewood Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.

Maplewood Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 more students in 2024-25.

Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.

Crawford County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
82,716
Census ACS
Median income
$60,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,156 students

Quick facts

School name
Maplewood Elementary School
District
Penncrest SD
Address
32695 State Highway 408, Townville, PA 16360
Phone
(814) 337-1659
County
Crawford County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
454
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
214 (47%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
421874006137
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other Maplewood Elementary schools

14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Maplewood Elementary. Maplewood Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 15.

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Frequently asked questions

About Maplewood Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Maplewood Elementary School?
Maplewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Maplewood Elementary School serve?
Maplewood Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Maplewood Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Maplewood Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Maplewood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Maplewood Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Maplewood Elementary School in?
Maplewood Elementary School is part of Penncrest SD.
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