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Enrollment
635
Elementary
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLE VERNON AREA SD·NCES 420321004328
Marion Elementary School
500 Perry Ave, Belle Vernon, PA 15012 · (724) 808-2500 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- A-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
15.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
632 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (97).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 Belle Vernon Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -17.9pp since 2023
Math
38.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.8pp 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 38 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 38.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 43.2% |
% 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Marion Elementary School
Marion Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Elementary School this school | 635 | 99.5% | 48.7% |
| Windber Elementary School Windber | 617 | 99.5% | 58.0% |
| Wyalusing Valley Elementary School Wyalusing | 633 | 99.5% | 50.9% |
| Dunbar Twp Elementary School Connellsville | 580 | 98.3% | 43.6% |
| Tunkhannock Area Intermediate Center Tunkhannock | 614 | 98.7% | 48.4% |
| South St Marys Street Elementary School Saint Marys | 583 | 97.3% | 52.6% |
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 Marion Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #900 of 1,396 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,026 of 1,511 ▼ 126 | #11 of 21 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #1,014 of 1,511 ▼ 337 | #14 of 21 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #198 of 1,638 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,330 of 1,528 | #16 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #1,076 of 1,531 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #333 of 1,600 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #839 of 1,045 | #11 of 16 |
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
635
+40 (+7%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 635 | 41.1 | 15.5:1 | 100% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 39.1 | 16.9:1 | 100% (659) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 41.1 | 15.5:1 | 63% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 56% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 43.2 | 15.5:1 | 57% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 42% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 42% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 35% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 34 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marion Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (670 to 635); teachers down 5% (43.2 to 41.1).
About Marion Elementary School
Marion Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 635 students in 2024-25. The school is 43% larger than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Belle Vernon Area SD has 2,416 students spread across 4 schools.
At Marion Elementary School, 86% of students are White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put Fayette County at about 90% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Marion Elementary School scores 25%.
Marion Elementary School reported 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 2.4 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 632 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Fayette County report 92%.
Marion Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Marion Elementary School would be expected to post about 34.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.7%.
In Fayette County, median household income comes to about $58,236, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Fayette County counts 39 public schools with about 15,340 students.
Belle Vernon Area Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Marion Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment rose 7% over 4 years, reaching 635 in 2024-25.
Marion Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,997
Census ACS
Median income
$58,236
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
15,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belle Vernon Area SD
- Belle Vernon Area High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Rostraver Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Belle Vernon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
Other schools in Belle Vernon
- Belle Vernon Area High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Rostraver Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Belle Vernon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
Other Marion Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Marion Elementary. Marion Elementary School is the largest of the 10.
- Marion Elementary SchoolChambersburg, PA · 292 students
- MARION ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 496 students
- MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMARION, NY · 335 students
- Marion Elementary SchoolMarion, NC · 333 students
- Marion ElementaryMarion, VA · 298 students
Nearby schools
- Belle Vernon Area Middle School0.1 mi · 386
- Monessen SHS2.7 mi · 193
- Monessen Middle School2.7 mi · 128
- Mon Valley Career and Technology Center3.0 mi · 9
- Monessen El Center3.9 mi · 330
- Belle Vernon Area High School4.4 mi · 735
Frequently asked questions
About Marion Elementary SchoolHow large is Marion Elementary School?
Marion Elementary School enrolls approximately 635 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Marion Elementary School serve?
Marion Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Marion Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Marion Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marion Elementary School?
At Marion Elementary School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Marion Elementary School public or private?
Marion Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belle Vernon Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.