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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at McCullough El Sch this year?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN-TRAFFORD SD·NCES 421866004490
McCullough Elementary School
213 Watt Rd, Jeannette, PA 15644 · (724) 744-7441 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- ABeats 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
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
103 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
83.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
82.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 82.9% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 79.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 McCullough Elementary School
McCullough Elementary School's state test result (84.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCullough Elementary School this school | 448 | 23.0% | 84.4% |
| Sunset Valley Elementary School North Huntingdon | 448 | 21.2% | 86.8% |
| Dillsburg Elementary School Dillsburg | 440 | 24.8% | 71.4% |
| Avonworth Elementary School Pittsburgh | 478 | 21.5% | 69.3% |
| Ross Elementary School Pittsburgh | 498 | 25.1% | 79.3% |
| Weisenberg Elementary School Kutztown | 425 | 20.7% | 67.3% |
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 McCullough Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #45 of 1,396 | #3 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #72 of 1,511 ▲ 19 | #3 of 38 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #35 of 1,511 ▲ 4 | #2 of 38 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #694 of 1,638 | #17 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,362 of 1,528 | #35 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.7% | #1,236 of 1,531 | #24 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #1,407 of 1,600 | #36 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.1% | #82 of 450 | #3 of 8 |
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
448
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 448 | 28.5 | 15.8:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 29.5 | 15.6:1 | 22% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 27.8 | 16.3:1 | 20% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 21% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 22% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 11% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 18 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McCullough Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (370 to 448); teachers up 19% (24 to 28.5).
About McCullough Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, McCullough Elementary School is part of Penn-Trafford SD. The school had 448 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Enrollment across the 8 schools in Penn-Trafford SD totals 3,773 students.
McCullough Elementary School's enrollment is 91% White. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at McCullough Elementary School was 15.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. McCullough Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 23%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Westmoreland County is 53%.
McCullough Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
McCullough Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 84.4%. Predicted: 67.8%. Difference: 16.6 points.
Westmoreland County has these Census figures: the median household income is $74,109, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Westmoreland County has 85 public schools and roughly 41,302 students.
Nearest public school: Penn Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. McCullough Elementary School's average proficiency of 84.4% compares with 67.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
McCullough Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 425 in 2020-21 to 448 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.8:1, from 17.0:1.
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Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn-Trafford SD
- Penn Trafford High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Harrison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Trafford Middle SchoolMiddle · 354 students
- Level Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 269 students
Other schools in Jeannette
- Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Jeannette McKee Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Harrison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Jeannette High SchoolHigh · 405 students
Nearby schools
- Penn Middle School0.1 mi · 518
- Harrison Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 409
- Penn Trafford High School1.0 mi · 1,167
- Sunrise Elementary School2.7 mi · 412
- Jeannette McKee Elementary School3.4 mi · 504
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary School3.6 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About McCullough Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McCullough Elementary School?
McCullough Elementary School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades KG-05.
Is McCullough Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McCullough Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does McCullough Elementary School have?
McCullough Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at McCullough Elementary School?
Student demographics at McCullough Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is McCullough Elementary School in?
McCullough Elementary School is part of Penn-Trafford SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.