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Enrollment
900
Elementary
DISTRICT 877 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZLETON AREA SD·NCES 421170007456
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS
15 Kelayres Rd, McAdoo, PA 18237 · (570) 459-3111 · Schuylkill County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL900 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest 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
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
877 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (98).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS→Hazleton Area High School
Based on grade levels within Hazleton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
11.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 11.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 7.0% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS this school | 900 | 97.4% | 21.0% |
| Shenandoah Valley Elementary School Shenandoah | 726 | 95.5% | 28.3% |
| Freeland El/MS Freeland | 991 | 95.4% | 22.9% |
| Muhlenberg Elementary School Allentown | 606 | 97.5% | 31.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Allentown | 631 | 98.4% | 19.9% |
| Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School Allentown | 807 | 99.9% | 18.0% |
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 McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,277 of 1,396 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #1,404 of 1,511 ▲ 34 | #16 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,218 of 1,511 ▲ 95 | #13 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 900 | #45 of 1,638 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,380 of 1,528 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #577 of 1,531 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #480 of 1,600 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #126 of 450 | #2 of 7 |
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
900
+111 (+14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 900 | 56.8 | 15.8:1 | 97% (877) |
| 2023-24 | 877 | 46.9 | 18.7:1 | 100% (877) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 43.7 | 19.2:1 | 100% (839) |
| 2020-21 | 789 | 42 | 18.8:1 | 100% (786) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 40.7 | 19.0:1 | 100% (772) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 40 | 19.8:1 | 100% (793) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (773 to 900); teachers up 40% (40.7 to 56.8).
About McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS is an elementary school located in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 900 students. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 103% bigger than average.
The Hazleton Area SD system has 11 schools and 13,071 students.
At McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. The school is also 31% White and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 8% Hispanic share among all Schuylkill County residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.8:1. This ratio sits 2.8 above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. The 66% average for public schools in Schuylkill County is 31 points lower.
allk12 grades McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS a D. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS's average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.0% is 14.8 points below the 35.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Schuylkill County, the median household income is $68,313, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 35 public schools in Schuylkill County, enrolling about 18,259 students in all.
The closest other public school is Heights Terrace El/MS, about 3.8 miles away. McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS has 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS at 5th of 6.
NCES assigns McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is up 14% from 2020-21, when McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS had 789 students, to 2024-25, when it had 900. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.8:1 to 15.8:1 over the same years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Hazleton Area SD
- Hazleton Area High SchoolHigh · 4,071 students
- Heights Terrace El/MSElementary · 1,236 students
- Maple Manor El/MSMiddle · 1,092 students
- West Hazleton El/MSElementary · 1,023 students
- Freeland El/MSElementary · 991 students
- Valley El/MSElementary · 957 students
Nearby schools
- Heights Terrace El/MS3.8 mi · 1,236
- West Hazleton El/MS4.5 mi · 1,023
- Hazleton El/MS5.0 mi · 895
- Maple Manor El/MS5.1 mi · 1,092
- Arthur Street Elementary School5.2 mi · 431
- Hazleton Area Career Center5.2 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About McAdoo-Kelayres El/MSHow large is McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS?
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS enrolls approximately 900 students in grades KG-08.
Is McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS an elementary, middle, or high school?
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS have?
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS?
Student demographics at McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS are roughly 31% White, 65% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS?
McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS is overseen by Hazleton Area SD in Schuylkill County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.