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Mosser Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 12% |
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.8% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 16.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
Where Mosser Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,273 of 1,396 | #36 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,298 of 1,511 | #37 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #1,419 of 1,511 | #40 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #385 of 1,638 | #15 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,142 of 1,528 | #31 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #771 of 1,531 | #40 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #169 of 1,600 | #6 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #431 of 450 | #23 of 23 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 551 | 38.4 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 40.2 | 14.1:1 | 100% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 37 | 13.0:1 | 100% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 37.8 | 14.5:1 | 100% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 63% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 92% (597) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 56% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
About Mosser Elementary School
Among the schools in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is Mosser Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 551 students. That puts enrollment 24% bigger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Mosser Elementary School belongs to Allentown City SD, a district of 23 schools and 16,674 students.
Of every 100 students at Mosser Elementary School, about 76 are Hispanic. The school is also 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 28%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mosser Elementary School scores 40%.
With 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here.
In Pennsylvania, Mosser Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 21.6% actual against a predicted 33.4%.
In the surrounding county, Lehigh County, median household income comes to about $80,079, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 83 public schools and about 56,984 students.
Harrison-Morton Middle School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Mosser Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 551, compared with 471 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.1:1 to 14.3:1.
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