Enrollment
212
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCARORA SD·NCES 422274002221
Montgomery Elementary School
9138 Fort Loudon Rd, Mercersburg, PA 17236 · (717) 328-2023 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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
12.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
205 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Tuscarora SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Montgomery Elementary School
Montgomery Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Elementary School this school | 212 | 96.7% | 48.7% |
| Redbank Valley Primary School New Bethlehem | 218 | 97.2% | N/A |
| Commodore Perry School Hadley | 223 | 97.3% | 55.9% |
| Laurel Valley Elementary School New Florence | 238 | 96.6% | 47.5% |
| Choconut Valley Elementary School Friendsville | 251 | 94.8% | 67.7% |
| Dayton Elementary School Dayton | 194 | 100.0% | 61.5% |
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 Montgomery Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #902 of 1,396 | #16 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #653 of 1,511 ▲ 230 | #10 of 24 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #816 of 1,511 ▲ 359 | #13 of 24 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #1,512 of 1,638 | #20 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #672 of 1,528 | #2 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #1,323 of 1,531 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #518 of 1,600 | #11 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #530 of 1,045 | #7 of 18 |
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
212
-16 (-7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 212 | 16.7 | 12.7:1 | 97% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 14.2 | 14.5:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 15.6 | 12.9:1 | 100% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 16 | 14.3:1 | 43% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 16.9 | 14.4:1 | 34% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 239 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 36% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | 14 | 17.0:1 | 24% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 19% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 14 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (243 to 212); teachers down 1% (16.9 to 16.7).
About Montgomery Elementary School
Montgomery Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 17236). It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 212 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Tuscarora SD (6 schools, 2,182 students) runs Montgomery Elementary School.
A large majority of enrollment at Montgomery Elementary School is White, at 92%. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
Montgomery Elementary School lists 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.7 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. About 97% of students at Montgomery Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 69% average among public schools in Franklin County.
Montgomery 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 53% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Montgomery Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.7% and a predicted 36.1%.
Franklin County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $77,003 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Montgomery Elementary School shares Franklin County with 40 other public schools.
Montgomery Elementary School's nearest public school is Mercersburg Elementary School (about 2.0 miles). In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Montgomery Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Montgomery Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Montgomery Elementary School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 212, from 228 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.7 students per teacher, compared with 14.3 in 2020-21.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
157,379
Census ACS
Median income
$77,003
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
21,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuscarora SD
- James Buchanan High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- James Buchanan Middle SchoolMiddle · 535 students
- St Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Mercersburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 185 students
Other schools in Mercersburg
- James Buchanan High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- James Buchanan Middle SchoolMiddle · 535 students
- Mercersburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 185 students
Other Montgomery Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Montgomery Elementary. Montgomery Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 11.
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolNorth Wales, PA · 611 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMontgomery, PA · 504 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolBrookhaven, GA · 728 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMONTGOMERY, TX · 672 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Mercersburg Elementary School2.0 mi · 232
- James Buchanan Middle School3.6 mi · 535
- James Buchanan High School3.9 mi · 721
- Mountain View Elementary School6.0 mi · 185
- Greencastle-Antrim Middle School9.4 mi · 729
- Greencastle-Antrim SHS9.4 mi · 982
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Montgomery Elementary School?
Montgomery Elementary School enrolls approximately 212 students in grades KG-05.
Is Montgomery Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montgomery Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Montgomery Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Montgomery Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Montgomery Elementary School?
Student demographics at Montgomery Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Montgomery Elementary School?
Montgomery Elementary School is overseen by Tuscarora SD in Franklin County.
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