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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY AREA SD·NCES 421566003039
Montgomery Elementary School
120 Penn St, Montgomery, PA 17752 · (570) 547-1608 · Lycoming County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
253 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 74% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Montgomery Elementary School→Montgomery JSHS
Based on grade levels within Montgomery Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
54.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 53.1% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 (56.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Elementary School this school | 504 | 50.2% | 56.0% |
| Lackawanna Trail El Center Factoryville | 505 | 50.9% | 53.8% |
| Selinsgrove Area Elementary School Selinsgrove | 472 | 50.8% | N/A |
| Selinsgrove Intrmd School Selinsgrove | 535 | 48.8% | 61.4% |
| Fort Cherry El Center Mc Donald | 455 | 51.4% | 68.2% |
| Stanwood Elementary School New Stanton | 518 | 47.3% | 68.8% |
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 Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #710 of 1,396 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #683 of 1,511 ▼ 17 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #658 of 1,511 ▲ 158 | #8 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #521 of 1,638 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #338 of 1,528 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,244 of 1,531 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #1,000 of 1,600 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #731 of 1,045 | #7 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
504
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 504 | 43.2 | 11.7:1 | 50% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 38.2 | 13.8:1 | 48% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 39.2 | 13.3:1 | 48% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 51% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 36.8 | 14.9:1 | 51% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 39% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 37% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 35% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 26 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (549 to 504); teachers up 17% (36.8 to 43.2).
About Montgomery Elementary School
Montgomery Elementary School sits in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and is classified as an elementary school. The school reports 504 students in pre-K through 6.
Montgomery Elementary School reports to Montgomery Area SD, which has 2 schools and 921 students.
Most students at Montgomery Elementary School are White: 91% of enrollment. Other students are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Lycoming County is about 89% White. Montgomery Elementary School has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 43.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 50%. The rate at public schools in Lycoming County averages 60%, higher than here.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Montgomery Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Montgomery Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.0% actual, 56.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
County data help place the school in context: in Lycoming County, median household income is about $63,917, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Montgomery Elementary School is among the 30 public schools in Lycoming County.
The shortest distance from Montgomery Elementary School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Montgomery JSHS. The five-mile area around Montgomery Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Montgomery Elementary School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Montgomery Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 504 was 6% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 539. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.7:1, from 15.4:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Montgomery Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Montgomery Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Montgomery Elementary. Montgomery Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 11.
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolNorth Wales, PA · 611 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMercersburg, PA · 212 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolBrookhaven, GA · 728 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMONTGOMERY, TX · 672 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery JSHS0.0 mi · 417
- Muncy JSHS4.7 mi · 472
- Ward L Myers Elementary School5.1 mi · 451
- Montoursville Area SHS5.7 mi · 570
- Lyter Elementary School5.8 mi · 382
- C E McCall Middle School5.8 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Montgomery Elementary School?
Montgomery Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Montgomery Elementary School serve?
Montgomery Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Montgomery Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Montgomery Elementary School.
How diverse is Montgomery Elementary School?
Montgomery Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Montgomery Elementary School?
Montgomery Elementary School is overseen by Montgomery Area SD in Lycoming County.
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