Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 245 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPEWELL AREA SD·NCES 421203009954
Margaret Ross Elementary School
1955 Maratta Rd, Aliquippa, PA 15001 · (724) 375-2956 · Beaver County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B+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
13.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
93 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (41).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 Hopewell Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -20.1pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 69.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Margaret Ross Elementary School
Margaret Ross Elementary School's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Ross Elementary School this school | 185 | 50.3% | 67.9% |
| Greenock Elementary School McKeesport | 173 | 50.3% | N/A |
| Mt Vernon Elementary School McKeesport | 194 | 47.9% | 63.0% |
| Ross Elementary School Sweet Valley | 166 | 47.6% | 50.3% |
| Liberty Elementary School Liberty | 185 | 50.8% | 47.0% |
| Penn Cambria Primary School Lilly | 175 | 54.3% | N/A |
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 Margaret Ross Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #358 of 1,396 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #354 of 1,511 ▼ 95 | #3 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #704 of 1,511 ▼ 400 | #6 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #1,552 of 1,638 | #22 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #996 of 1,600 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #424 of 1,045 | #6 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
185
-34 (-16%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 204
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 185 | 13.5 | 13.7:1 | 50% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 207 | 15.3 | 13.5:1 | 45% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 15.3 | 14.3:1 | 39% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 219 | 15 | 14.6:1 | 34% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 15.3 | 14.3:1 | 37% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 13 | 17.1:1 | 32% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 169 | 13 | 13.0:1 | 31% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 269 | 15 | 17.9:1 | 14% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 204 | 14 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret Ross Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (219 to 185); teachers down 12% (15.3 to 13.5).
About Margaret Ross Elementary School
Students in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, attend Margaret Ross Elementary School, a small elementary school. A total of 185 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 4. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 58% smaller than average.
Hopewell Area SD oversees Margaret Ross Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 2,007 students in total.
About 87% of the student body at Margaret Ross Elementary School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. The White share in Beaver County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Margaret Ross Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 56.1%.
Census estimates describe Beaver County this way: the median household income is $71,089, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Margaret Ross Elementary School, Beaver County has 51 other public schools.
Nearby, Hopewell Junior High School is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Margaret Ross Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 67.9% against a local average of 37.8%.
The NCES locale for Margaret Ross Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Margaret Ross Elementary School declined 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 219 to 185 students.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hopewell Area SD
- Hopewell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Hopewell SHSHigh · 614 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
Other schools in Aliquippa
- Hopewell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Hopewell SHSHigh · 614 students
- Center Grange Primary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Aliquippa JSHSHigh · 493 students
- Aliquippa Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
Nearby schools
- Hopewell Junior High School0.1 mi · 657
- Hopewell SHS0.5 mi · 614
- Aliquippa JSHS1.3 mi · 493
- Aliquippa Elementary School1.5 mi · 480
- Hopewell Elementary School1.5 mi · 323
- Ambridge Area High School1.8 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret Ross Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Margaret Ross Elementary School?
Margaret Ross Elementary School enrolls approximately 185 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Margaret Ross Elementary School serve?
Margaret Ross Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Margaret Ross Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Margaret Ross Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Margaret Ross Elementary School?
At Margaret Ross Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Margaret Ross Elementary School in?
Margaret Ross Elementary School is part of Hopewell Area SD.
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