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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOVERNOR MIFFLIN SD·NCES 421086007065
Mifflin Park Elementary School
598 Governor Dr, Shillington, PA 19607 · (610) 898-1489 · Berks County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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
14.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
486 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (108).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Mifflin Park Elementary School→Intermediate School→Governor Mifflin Middle School→Governor Mifflin SHS
Based on grade levels within Governor Mifflin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 43.9% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 Mifflin Park Elementary School
Mifflin Park Elementary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin Park Elementary School this school | 503 | 96.6% | 47.5% |
| George D Steckel Elementary School Whitehall | 561 | 98.8% | 48.7% |
| Clarence M Gockley Elementary School Whitehall | 574 | 97.7% | N/A |
| Francis H Sheckler Elementary School Catasauqua | 589 | 96.9% | 36.9% |
| Zephyr Elementary School Whitehall | 598 | 98.3% | 53.1% |
| Mahanoy Area Elementary School Mahanoy City | 589 | 99.3% | 24.4% |
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 Mifflin Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #929 of 1,396 | #29 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,064 of 1,511 ▼ 174 | #32 of 47 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #992 of 1,511 ▲ 13 | #26 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #523 of 1,638 | #24 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,225 of 1,528 | #43 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #277 of 1,531 | #5 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #521 of 1,600 | #15 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #287 of 450 | #11 of 14 |
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
503
+28 (+6%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 97% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 64% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 52% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 32.1 | 14.9:1 | 44% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 48% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 33% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mifflin Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (477 to 503); teachers up 6% (32.1 to 34).
About Mifflin Park Elementary School
Mifflin Park Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Shillington, Pennsylvania. The school runs kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 503 students.
Besides Mifflin Park Elementary School, Governor Mifflin SD runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 4,154 students.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at Mifflin Park Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 42% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. In Berks County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Mifflin Park Elementary School are from different groups.
Mifflin Park Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 1.7 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 97% at Mifflin Park Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in Berks County average 67%.
Mifflin Park 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 52% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Mifflin Park Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.5%) and its predicted rate (36.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Berks County show that median household income comes to about $79,777, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Berks County counts 95 public schools with about 62,375 students.
Intermediate School is the nearest public school to Mifflin Park Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 39.8% proficiency; Mifflin Park Elementary School posts 47.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose 6% over 4 years, reaching 503 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Mifflin Park Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Governor Mifflin SD
- Governor Mifflin SHSHigh · 1,425 students
- Governor Mifflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Cumru Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Brecknock Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in Shillington
- Governor Mifflin SHSHigh · 1,425 students
- Governor Mifflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Cumru Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Intermediate School0.1 mi · 623
- Cumru Elementary School0.2 mi · 513
- Governor Mifflin SHS0.3 mi · 1,425
- Governor Mifflin Middle School0.5 mi · 631
- Millmont Elementary School1.8 mi · 590
- Wyomissing Area JSHS1.8 mi · 965
Frequently asked questions
About Mifflin Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Mifflin Park Elementary School?
Mifflin Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 503 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Mifflin Park Elementary School serve?
Mifflin Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Mifflin Park Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Mifflin Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Mifflin Park Elementary School?
Mifflin Park Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 45% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mifflin Park Elementary School public or private?
Mifflin Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Governor Mifflin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.