Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG SPRING SD·NCES 420366001676
Newville Elementary School
100 Steelstown Rd, Newville, PA 17241 · (717) 776-2035 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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
11.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
201 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 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
16%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.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 42.5% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Newville Elementary School
Newville Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newville Elementary School this school | 351 | 57.3% | 48.4% |
| Martinsburg Elementary School Martinsburg | 364 | 56.3% | 48.9% |
| Cambridge Springs Elementary School Cambridge Springs | 353 | 58.1% | 56.4% |
| Indian Valley Elementary School Reedsville | 348 | 56.3% | 43.6% |
| Line Mountain Elementary School Trevorton | 355 | 56.1% | 49.1% |
| Southern Fulton Elementary School Warfordsburg | 346 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
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 Newville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #909 of 1,396 | #31 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #942 of 1,511 ▼ 29 | #30 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #926 of 1,511 ▲ 52 | #31 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #1,050 of 1,638 | #23 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #381 of 1,528 | #4 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #1,277 of 1,531 | #34 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #861 of 1,600 | #10 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #425 of 450 | #10 of 10 |
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
351
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 351 | 29.8 | 11.8:1 | 57% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 29.1 | 12.2:1 | 57% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 27.1 | 13.2:1 | 53% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 48% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 28.1 | 12.4:1 | 49% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 44% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 36% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 20% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 22 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (349 to 351); teachers up 6% (28.1 to 29.8).
About Newville Elementary School
Newville Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Newville, Pennsylvania. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 351 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
Big Spring SD runs 5 schools with a combined 2,344 students. Newville Elementary School is one of them.
White students are the large majority at Newville Elementary School, with 91% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Cumberland County, the White share is about 82%. The chance that two students picked at random at Newville Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
A ratio of 11.8:1 comes from the school's 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 57% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cumberland County is 41%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Newville 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.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Newville Elementary School, the prediction is 53.1% and the result is 48.4%.
Federal survey data for Cumberland County show that median household income is about $87,494, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Newville Elementary School is among the 57 public schools in Cumberland County.
The closest other public school is Big Spring Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Newville Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 349 in 2020-21, 351 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Oak Flat Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Mount Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Other schools in Newville
- Big Spring High SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Big Spring Middle SchoolMiddle · 550 students
- Oak Flat Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Mount Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Big Spring Middle School1.1 mi · 550
- Mount Rock Elementary School1.2 mi · 331
- Big Spring High School1.3 mi · 764
- Oak Flat Elementary School1.5 mi · 348
- North Dickinson Elementary School8.3 mi · 193
- Shippensburg Area Intrm School9.9 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Newville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Newville Elementary School?
Newville Elementary School enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-05.
Is Newville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newville Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newville Elementary School?
At Newville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Newville Elementary School public or private?
Newville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Big Spring SD.
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