Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SLIPPERY ROCK AREA SD·NCES 422166001169
Moraine Elementary School
350 Main St, Prospect, PA 16052 · (724) 865-2010 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
151 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Slippery Rock Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 68.8% |
% 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Moraine Elementary School
Moraine Elementary School's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moraine Elementary School this school | 349 | 43.3% | 68.8% |
| Fairfield Area Elementary School Fairfield | 346 | 43.1% | 63.3% |
| Wilmington Area Elementary School New Wilmington | 357 | 43.7% | 62.2% |
| Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School Spring Mills | 348 | 45.4% | 64.0% |
| Robison Elementary School Erie | 359 | 40.4% | 75.5% |
| South Side Elementary School Hookstown | 390 | 41.5% | 53.8% |
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 Moraine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #326 of 1,396 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #376 of 1,511 ▼ 108 | #11 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #499 of 1,511 ▼ 156 | #11 of 19 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #1,060 of 1,638 | #15 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #589 of 1,528 | #6 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #1,486 of 1,531 | #17 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #1,105 of 1,600 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #800 of 1,045 | #6 of 9 |
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
349
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 349 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 43% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 26.8 | 12.7:1 | 44% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 27.8 | 12.5:1 | 45% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 32 | 10.4:1 | 41% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 39% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 36% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 32% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 27% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 7 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moraine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (373 to 349); teachers down 7% (30 to 28).
About Moraine Elementary School
Moraine Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Prospect, Pennsylvania. The school counted 349 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 21% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Moraine Elementary School is one of the 4 schools that make up Slippery Rock Area SD (1,833 students in total).
Roughly 96% of students at Moraine Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 3% multiracial. Butler County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Moraine Elementary School scores 7%.
The school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.5 students per teacher. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Of all students at Moraine Elementary School, 43% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Moraine Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Moraine Elementary School is 9.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Butler County show that median household income comes to about $89,843, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Butler County counts 39 public schools with about 24,616 students.
Connoquenessing Elementary School is the nearest public school to Moraine Elementary School, about 5.6 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 54.9%, lower than Moraine Elementary School's 68.8%.
The NCES locale for Moraine Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Moraine Elementary School had a net gain of 16 students, or 5%. The school's ratio increased from 10.4:1 to 12.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Slippery Rock Area SD
- Slippery Rock Area High SchoolHigh · 627 students
- Slippery Rock Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Slippery Rock Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Other Moraine Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Moraine Elementary. Moraine Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Moraine Elementary SchoolNORTHVILLE, MI · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Connoquenessing Elementary School5.6 mi · 287
- Northwest Elementary School6.0 mi · 404
- Center Township Elementary School6.0 mi · 584
- Butler County Area Vocational Technical School7.1 mi · 26
- Butler Area SHS7.1 mi · 1,956
- Butler Area IHS7.3 mi · 1,291
Frequently asked questions
About Moraine Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Moraine Elementary School?
Moraine Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Moraine Elementary School serve?
Moraine Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Moraine Elementary School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Moraine Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moraine Elementary School?
At Moraine Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Moraine Elementary School?
Moraine Elementary School is overseen by Slippery Rock Area SD in Butler County.
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