Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421545007007
Millville Area Elementary School
370 Batten Lane, Millville, PA 17846 · (570) 458-5538 · Columbia County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
163 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Millville Area Elementary School→Millville Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Millville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
46.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 44.1% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Millville Area Elementary School
Millville Area Elementary School's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millville Area Elementary School this school | 291 | 56.0% | 53.1% |
| Clearview Elementary School Brogue | 300 | 56.3% | 44.3% |
| Paradise Elementary School Thomasville | 306 | 54.9% | 59.1% |
| Marshall Elementary School Uniontown | 300 | 54.3% | 60.4% |
| Fairview Elementary School Midland | 303 | 54.5% | 55.1% |
| Northeast Bradford Elementary School Rome | 330 | 54.8% | 54.9% |
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 Millville Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #784 of 1,396 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #867 of 1,511 ▲ 16 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #598 of 1,511 ▲ 243 | #3 of 7 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,278 of 1,638 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #354 of 1,528 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #1,371 of 1,531 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #891 of 1,600 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #538 of 1,045 | N/A |
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
291
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 291 | 24.8 | 11.7:1 | 56% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 25.2 | 11.4:1 | 57% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 26.3 | 11.1:1 | 48% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 37% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 33.3 | 10.0:1 | 45% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 43% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 34 | 12.4:1 | 42% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 28 | 10.9:1 | 28% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Millville Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (333 to 291); teachers down 25% (33.3 to 24.8).
About Millville Area Elementary School
Millville Area Elementary School is a small elementary school in Millville, Pennsylvania, administered by Millville Area SD. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 291 students in 2024-25. The school is 34% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Millville Area Elementary School is one of 2 schools in Millville Area SD, which enrolls 525 students in total.
Roughly 93% of students at Millville Area Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Columbia County residents are about 91% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Millville Area Elementary School is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Millville Area Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1, with 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Columbia County is close, at 56%.
Millville Area Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Millville Area Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.1% actual, 53.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In the wider Columbia County area, median household income comes to about $64,644, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Columbia County's 20 public schools enroll about 7,501 students and include Millville Area Elementary School.
Millville Area Elementary School's nearest public school is Millville Area JSHS (about 0.2 miles). In all, 7 other public schools sit within ten miles of Millville Area Elementary School. Millville Area Elementary School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Millville Area Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 7% over 4 years, reaching 291 in 2024-25. The ratio was 9.8:1 in 2020-21 and 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Millville Area JSHS0.2 mi · 234
- Carl G Renn Elementary School8.5 mi · 181
- Benton Area Middle School9.1 mi · 100
- Benton Area High School9.1 mi · 200
- L R Appleman Elementary School9.3 mi · 308
- Memorial Elementary School9.6 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About Millville Area Elementary SchoolHow large is Millville Area Elementary School?
Millville Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Millville Area Elementary School serve?
Millville Area Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Millville Area Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Millville Area Elementary School.
How diverse is Millville Area Elementary School?
Millville Area Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Millville Area Elementary School?
Millville Area Elementary School is overseen by Millville Area SD in Columbia County.
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