Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARON CITY SD·NCES 422133003170
Musser Elementary School
500 Cedar Ave, Sharon, PA 16146 · (724) 981-4381 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
316 students
DISTRICT 103% · 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 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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 Sharon City SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
22.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 24.2% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Musser Elementary School
Musser Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musser Elementary School this school | 324 | 97.5% | 30.4% |
| Powel Samuel School Philadelphia | 324 | 95.1% | 67.4% |
| Sto-Rox Primary Center McKees Rocks | 317 | 95.0% | 18.4% |
| Mifflin Thomas School Philadelphia | 393 | 98.5% | 37.9% |
| Pittsburgh Sunnyside K-8 Pittsburgh | 248 | 96.8% | 32.2% |
| Lafayette Elementary School Uniontown | 283 | 94.3% | 20.7% |
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 Musser Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #1,169 of 1,396 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #1,257 of 1,511 ▼ 41 | #13 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #1,211 of 1,511 ▲ 130 | #13 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #1,158 of 1,638 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #209 of 1,528 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #255 of 1,531 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #476 of 1,600 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #943 of 1,045 | #9 of 11 |
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
324
+44 (+16%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 324 | 29.3 | 11.1:1 | 98% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 27.3 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 26.3 | 11.8:1 | 100% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 95% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 88% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 24 | 14.2:1 | 93% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 88% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 83% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 20 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Musser Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (333 to 324); teachers up 17% (25 to 29.3).
About Musser Elementary School
Musser Elementary School is a small elementary school in Sharon, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Sharon City SD. Its 324 students are spread across kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 27% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Federal data list 5 schools in Sharon City SD, with 1,838 students enrolled.
Black students are the majority at Musser Elementary School, with 51% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 31% White, 13% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Among all residents of Mercer County, the Black share is about 6%. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Musser Elementary School's 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.1:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 98%. That is 27 points above the 71% average for public schools in Mercer County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Musser Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Musser Elementary School would be expected to post about 35.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Mercer County show that the median household income is $59,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 37 public schools in Mercer County, enrolling about 12,815 students in all.
The closest public school to Musser Elementary School is Case Avenue Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Musser Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Musser Elementary School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment climbed 16% from its 2020-21 level of 280. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,257
Census ACS
Median income
$59,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
12,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sharon City SD
- Sharon High SchoolHigh · 532 students
- Case Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Sharon Middle SchoolMiddle · 254 students
- West Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Other schools in Sharon
- Sharon High SchoolHigh · 532 students
- Case Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Sharon Middle SchoolMiddle · 254 students
- West Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Case Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 483
- Sharon Middle School0.8 mi · 254
- Sharon High School0.8 mi · 532
- Russell C. Phillips Elementary School1.1 mi · 414
- West Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 245
- Farrell Area HS/UMS1.1 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Musser Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Musser Elementary School?
Musser Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-06.
Is Musser Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Musser Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Musser Elementary School have?
Musser Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Musser Elementary School?
Student demographics at Musser Elementary School are roughly 31% White, 6% Hispanic, 51% Black, 13% Two or more.
What district is Musser Elementary School in?
Musser Elementary School is part of Sharon City SD.
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