Enrollment
104
Elementary
DISTRICT 163 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALD EAGLE AREA SD·NCES 420291001334
Mountaintop Area Elementary School
100 School Dr # 865, Snow Shoe, PA 16874 · (814) 387-6861 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL104 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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.
- 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
10.5:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
46 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 | 22 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (18).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Mountaintop Area Elementary School→Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS
Based on grade levels within Bald Eagle Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 61.2% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Mountaintop Area Elementary School
Mountaintop Area Elementary School's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountaintop Area Elementary School this school | 104 | 44.2% | 67.2% |
| Port Matilda Elementary School Port Matilda | 94 | 41.5% | 64.5% |
| Beaver-Main Elementary School Bloomsburg | 95 | 38.9% | 82.8% |
| Howard Elementary School Howard | 87 | 47.1% | 78.7% |
| Mill Village Elementary School Mill Village | 102 | 52.9% | 85.1% |
| George A Ferrell Elementary School Picture Rocks | 139 | 48.2% | 52.2% |
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 Mountaintop Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #377 of 1,396 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #449 of 1,511 ▲ 12 | #14 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #402 of 1,511 ▼ 46 | #12 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 104 | #1,615 of 1,638 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #1,092 of 1,600 | #7 of 19 |
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
104
-15 (-13%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 148
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 104 | 9.9 | 10.5:1 | 44% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 103 | 9.9 | 10.4:1 | 45% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 116 | 9.9 | 11.7:1 | 41% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 119 | 9 | 13.2:1 | 29% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 128 | 12.9 | 9.9:1 | 37% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 137 | 12 | 11.4:1 | 25% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 211 | 18 | 11.7:1 | 43% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 241 | 11 | 21.9:1 | 31% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 148 | 8 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountaintop Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (128 to 104); teachers down 23% (12.9 to 9.9).
About Mountaintop Area Elementary School
Mountaintop Area Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania. The school serves 104 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Besides Mountaintop Area Elementary School, Bald Eagle Area SD runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 1,482 students.
Federal enrollment data show Mountaintop Area Elementary School is 96% White. Other groups include 4% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 7% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 9.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.5:1. This ratio sits 2.6 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Roughly 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 31% for public schools in Centre County.
Mountaintop Area Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mountaintop Area Elementary School would be expected to post about 58.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.2%.
In the county around the school, Centre County, the median household income is $74,291, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 33 public schools in Centre County, enrolling about 13,674 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Wingate Elementary School, is about 9.3 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Mountaintop Area Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 104, a 13% decrease from 119 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.2:1 in 2020-21 and 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bald Eagle Area SD
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHSHigh · 832 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Port Matilda Elementary SchoolElementary · 94 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolElementary · 87 students
Nearby schools
- Wingate Elementary School9.3 mi · 365
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS9.3 mi · 832
- Bellefonte Elementary School11.5 mi · 318
- Benner Elementary School11.5 mi · 252
- Bellefonte Area Middle School12.3 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Area High School12.3 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Mountaintop Area Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mountaintop Area Elementary School?
Mountaintop Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 104 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mountaintop Area Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountaintop Area Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Mountaintop Area Elementary School have?
Mountaintop Area Elementary School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountaintop Area Elementary School?
At Mountaintop Area Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mountaintop Area Elementary School in?
Mountaintop Area Elementary School is part of Bald Eagle Area SD.
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