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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Neshannock Memorial El Sch administration to hear?
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Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NESHANNOCK TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421644002688
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School
3832 Mitchell Road, New Castle, PA 16105 · (724) 652-8709 · Lawrence County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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
15.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
203 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School→Neshannock JSHS
Based on grade levels within Neshannock Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
60.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 60.2% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 61.7% |
% 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
65.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Neshannock Memorial Elementary School
Neshannock Memorial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neshannock Memorial Elementary School this school | 688 | 29.5% | 67.2% |
| Pivik Elementary School Plum | 740 | 32.0% | 68.3% |
| North East Elementary School North East | 589 | 29.9% | 70.7% |
| Karns City Area Elementary School Chicora | 645 | 34.6% | 48.3% |
| Mohawk Elementary School New Castle | 709 | 36.2% | 66.7% |
| Buffalo Elementary School Sarver | 564 | 26.4% | 71.9% |
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 Neshannock Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #380 of 1,396 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #533 of 1,511 ▼ 81 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #307 of 1,511 ▲ 56 | #1 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #152 of 1,638 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,309 of 1,528 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #1,285 of 1,531 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #1,335 of 1,600 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #110 of 450 | N/A |
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
688
+60 (+10%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 688 | 44.9 | 15.3:1 | 30% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 43.4 | 15.5:1 | 30% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 41.4 | 16.0:1 | 27% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 25% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 38.5 | 15.2:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 27% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 17% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 38 | 18.3:1 | 9% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 38 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neshannock Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (585 to 688); teachers up 17% (38.5 to 44.9).
About Neshannock Memorial Elementary School
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in New Castle, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 688 students, from kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Neshannock Township SD, which runs Neshannock Memorial Elementary School, has 2 schools and 1,233 students.
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School's enrollment is 92% White. Next come 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 90% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School counts 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.3 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 15.3:1 here. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Lawrence County, the average is 67%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Neshannock Memorial Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Neshannock Memorial Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 65.0%. Neshannock Memorial Elementary School scores 67.2%, 2.2 points above that line.
In the county around the school, Lawrence County, the median household income is $61,931, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Lawrence County is home to 25 public schools and about 11,015 public school students.
The nearest public school is Neshannock JSHS, at about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Neshannock Memorial Elementary School places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 628 in 2020-21 to 688 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 15.3 in 2024-25.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,024
Census ACS
Median income
$61,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
11,015 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Castle
- New Castle SHSHigh · 740 students
- Harry W Lockley Early Learning CenterElementary · 736 students
- Mohawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Washington Intrmd SchoolElementary · 707 students
- New Castle Junior High SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Neshannock JSHSHigh · 545 students
Nearby schools
- Neshannock JSHS0.1 mi · 545
- Washington Intrmd School3.4 mi · 707
- Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School4.0 mi · 142
- Wilmington Area JSHS4.0 mi · 444
- Wilmington Area Elementary School4.2 mi · 357
- New Castle SHS4.3 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Neshannock Memorial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Neshannock Memorial Elementary School?
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 688 students in grades KG-06.
Is Neshannock Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Neshannock Memorial Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Neshannock Memorial Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Neshannock Memorial Elementary School?
At Neshannock Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Neshannock Memorial Elementary School public or private?
Neshannock Memorial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Neshannock Township SD.
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