Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG SPRING SD·NCES 420366006116
Mount Rock Elementary School
47 Mount Rock Rd, Newville, PA 17241 · (717) 776-2025 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
130 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
23%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
Based on grade levels within Big Spring SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 60.6% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Mount Rock Elementary School
Mount Rock Elementary School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rock Elementary School this school | 331 | 39.3% | 68.3% |
| Hopewell Elementary School Aliquippa | 323 | 39.6% | 53.0% |
| Robeson El Center Birdsboro | 339 | 38.3% | 64.0% |
| Towamensing Elementary School Lehighton | 328 | 39.9% | 67.3% |
| Marzolf Primary School Pittsburgh | 337 | 38.3% | 76.8% |
| Clark Elementary School Erie | 303 | 38.9% | 77.7% |
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 Mount Rock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #345 of 1,396 | #7 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #416 of 1,511 ▲ 63 | #8 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #252 of 1,511 ▲ 119 | #6 of 34 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #1,133 of 1,638 | #25 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #629 of 1,528 | #6 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #1,118 of 1,531 | #33 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #1,178 of 1,600 | #25 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #580 of 1,045 | #11 of 21 |
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
331
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 331 | 26.3 | 12.6:1 | 39% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 26.8 | 11.8:1 | 41% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 27.1 | 12.1:1 | 37% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 35% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 27.1 | 13.8:1 | 36% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 36% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 31% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Rock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (374 to 331); teachers down 3% (27.1 to 26.3).
About Mount Rock Elementary School
At 47 Mount Rock Rd in Newville, Pennsylvania, Mount Rock Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. The school's enrollment of 331 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 25% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Besides Mount Rock Elementary School, Big Spring SD runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 2,344 students.
Mount Rock Elementary School's enrollment is 87% White. The school is also 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Mount Rock Elementary School's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Mount Rock Elementary School is 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.6:1. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. About 39% of students, or 130, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Mount Rock Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Mount Rock Elementary School are 7.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (68.3% actual, 60.8% predicted).
Within Cumberland County, the median household income is $87,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Cumberland County has 57 public schools and roughly 33,044 students.
Of nearby public schools, Big Spring Middle School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Mount Rock Elementary School has 4 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 51.0%, lower than Mount Rock Elementary School's 68.3%.
Federal data place Mount Rock Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Mount Rock Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 355 in 2020-21 to 331 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.2:1 to 12.6:1.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Big Spring SD
- Big Spring High SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Big Spring Middle SchoolMiddle · 550 students
- Newville Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Oak Flat Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Other schools in Newville
- Big Spring High SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Big Spring Middle SchoolMiddle · 550 students
- Newville Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Oak Flat Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Big Spring Middle School0.1 mi · 550
- Big Spring High School0.2 mi · 764
- Newville Elementary School1.2 mi · 351
- Oak Flat Elementary School1.2 mi · 348
- North Dickinson Elementary School7.2 mi · 193
- Carlisle Area High School9.5 mi · 1,559
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Rock Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mount Rock Elementary School?
Mount Rock Elementary School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mount Rock Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Rock Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Mount Rock Elementary School have?
Mount Rock Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is Mount Rock Elementary School?
Mount Rock Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mount Rock Elementary School in?
Mount Rock Elementary School is part of Big Spring SD.
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