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What's the most underrated thing about Montour El Sch that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,276
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,077 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTOUR SD·NCES 421572007607
Montour Elementary School
221 Clever Rd, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 · (412) 489-8300 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,276 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.5:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
361 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 267 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 243 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 256 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 263 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 247 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (267) is 8% larger than its 4th grade class (247).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Montour SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 | 76.6% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.5% | 80.9% |
% 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
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Montour Elementary School
Montour Elementary School's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montour Elementary School this school | 1,276 | 28.3% | 80.6% |
| Colonial Elementary School Plymouth Meeting | 857 | 22.9% | 79.5% |
| Copper Beech School Glenside | 860 | 29.9% | 66.0% |
| Richland Elementary School Johnstown | 831 | 35.7% | 67.2% |
| Muse Elementary School Muse | 759 | 31.6% | 71.2% |
| Ehrman Crest Elementary School Cranberry Township | 837 | 17.9% | 70.8% |
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 Montour Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #97 of 1,396 | #36 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #88 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #31 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #103 of 1,511 ▲ 81 | #30 of 141 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,276 | #9 of 1,638 | #1 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,333 of 1,528 | #120 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #787 of 1,531 | #82 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #1,354 of 1,600 | #107 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.5% | #113 of 450 | #18 of 63 |
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
1,276
+143 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 1,276 | 82.4 | 15.5:1 | 28% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 1,223 | 80.4 | 15.2:1 | 30% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 1,191 | 78.4 | 15.2:1 | 26% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 1,133 | 71 | 16.0:1 | 25% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 1,086 | 74.3 | 14.6:1 | 27% (293) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montour Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (1,086 to 1,276); teachers up 11% (74.3 to 82.4).
About Montour Elementary School
Montour Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Montour SD in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. Federal data show 1,276 students enrolled in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 188% larger than average.
Montour SD is the district for Montour Elementary School. It has 3 schools and 3,232 students.
At Montour Elementary School, 77% of students are White. After that, the student body is 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Allegheny County at about 76% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
Montour Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.5 students per teacher, from 82.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Montour Elementary School, 28% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County is 26 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Montour Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Montour Elementary School is 15.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 80.6% actual, 65.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Census data for Allegheny County show median household income comes to about $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 277 public schools and about 141,392 students.
Montour Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Montour High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Montour Elementary School is ahead of the 52.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
For locale, NCES codes Montour Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
From 1,133 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 1,276 by 2024-25.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montour SD
- Montour High SchoolHigh · 1,004 students
- David E Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
Other schools in McKees Rocks
- Sto-Rox JSHSHigh · 422 students
- Sto-Rox Primary CenterElementary · 317 students
- Sto-Rox Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 193 students
Nearby schools
- Montour High School0.2 mi · 1,004
- Propel CS-Montour1.1 mi · 794
- David E Williams Middle School1.7 mi · 952
- Sto-Rox Upper Elementary School2.2 mi · 193
- Sto-Rox Primary Center2.3 mi · 317
- Pittsburgh Chartiers Early Childhood Center2.4 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Montour Elementary SchoolHow large is Montour Elementary School?
Montour Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,276 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Montour Elementary School serve?
Montour Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Montour Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Montour Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montour Elementary School?
At Montour Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Montour Elementary School in?
Montour Elementary School is part of Montour SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.