Enrollment
51
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NITTANY VALLEY CS·NCES 420002400352
Nittany Valley CS
1612 Norma St, State College, PA 16801 · (814) 867-3842 · Centre County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL51 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- DBeats 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
7.0:1
7 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
11 students
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 | 8 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 8% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.7pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +27.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 28 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Nittany Valley CS
Nittany Valley CS's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nittany Valley CS this school | 51 | 21.6% | 50.8% |
| Provident CS - West Baden | 51 | 15.7% | 14.5% |
| Beaver-Main Elementary School Bloomsburg | 95 | 38.9% | 82.8% |
| Port Matilda Elementary School Port Matilda | 94 | 41.5% | 64.5% |
| Howard Elementary School Howard | 87 | 47.1% | 78.7% |
| Tinicum Elementary School Pipersville | 135 | 16.3% | 79.0% |
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 Nittany Valley CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 51 | #1,637 of 1,638 | #23 of 23 |
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
51
+4 (+9%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 48
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 7.8:1
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 | 51 | 7.3 | 7.0:1 | 22% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 47 | 5.4 | 8.8:1 | 23% (11) |
| 2022-23 | 49 | 5.4 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 47 | 6 | 7.8:1 | 23% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 49 | 7.2 | 6.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 48 | 7 | 6.9:1 | 13% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 48 | 6 | 8.0:1 | 27% (13) |
| 2000-01 | 48 | 5 | 9.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nittany Valley CS.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (49 to 51); teachers up 1% (7.2 to 7.3).
About Nittany Valley CS
Nittany Valley CS is one of the public schools in State College, Pennsylvania. It is a very small elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 51 students. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 88% lower.
Nittany Valley CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
Nittany Valley CS is 92% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 84% White among all Centre County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 15%.
Nittany Valley CS reports a ratio of 7.0 students per teacher, from 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 7.0:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch program data show 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 31% average for public schools in Centre County is 9 points higher.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Nittany Valley CS outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Nittany Valley CS trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 17.6 points (50.8% versus 68.4%), a bottom-10% result in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations.
For Centre County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,291 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Nittany Valley CS, Centre County has 33 public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Easterly Parkway Elementary School, is the closest to Nittany Valley CS. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nittany Valley CS ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 50.8% against a local average of 69.1%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small). The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
The school's student count increased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 State College
- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
- Park Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- Mount Nittany Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Radio Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Easterly Parkway Elementary School0.5 mi · 314
- State College Area High School0.8 mi · 2,402
- Corl Street Elementary School1.6 mi · 250
- Mount Nittany Elementary School1.8 mi · 413
- Mount Nittany Middle School1.8 mi · 752
- Young Scholars of Central PA CS1.8 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Nittany Valley CSHow large is Nittany Valley CS?
Nittany Valley CS enrolls approximately 51 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Nittany Valley CS serve?
Nittany Valley CS serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Nittany Valley CS?
Approximately 7.0:1 students per teacher at Nittany Valley CS.
What is the student diversity at Nittany Valley CS?
Student demographics at Nittany Valley CS are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian.
What district is Nittany Valley CS in?
Nittany Valley CS is part of Nittany Valley CS.
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