Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MECHANICSBURG AREA SD·NCES 421503005021
Northside Elementary School
411 N Walnut St, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 · (717) 691-4581 · Cumberland County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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
12.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
96 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 70 | 32% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 29% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 39% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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 Mechanicsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.5pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.0pp 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 68.1% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary School this school | 221 | 43.4% | 67.8% |
| Mt Wolf Elementary School Mt Wolf | 217 | 45.2% | 58.4% |
| North Dickinson Elementary School Carlisle | 193 | 42.5% | 48.7% |
| Trinity East Elementary School Washington | 257 | 44.0% | 83.5% |
| Trafford Elementary School Trafford | 196 | 46.9% | 80.2% |
| Londonderry Elementary School Middletown | 234 | 48.3% | 51.5% |
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 Northside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #359 of 1,396 | #8 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #448 of 1,511 ▼ 167 | #12 of 34 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #411 of 1,511 ▼ 278 | #11 of 34 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #1,484 of 1,638 | #34 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #706 of 1,528 | #9 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #810 of 1,531 | #31 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #1,102 of 1,600 | #20 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #799 of 1,045 | #14 of 21 |
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
221
-39 (-15%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 221 | 17.2 | 12.8:1 | 43% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 16.5 | 13.2:1 | 44% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 44% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 38% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 236 | 14.5 | 16.3:1 | 53% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 52% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 28% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 14 | 19.3:1 | 19% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (236 to 221); teachers up 19% (14.5 to 17.2).
About Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School is an elementary school in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 221 students in grades 1 through 3. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Mechanicsburg Area SD is the local district for Northside Elementary School. It runs 8 schools with 4,621 students.
Federal enrollment data show Northside Elementary School is 78% White. Other groups include 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The school has 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal data show 43% of students (96) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cumberland County average a similar 41%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Northside Elementary School outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Northside Elementary School's results are 8.8 points above predicted: 67.8% against 59.0%.
In the surrounding county, Cumberland County, the median household earns about $87,494 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Cumberland County has 57 public schools with about 33,044 students, including Northside Elementary School.
Kindergarten Academy, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Northside Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Northside Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.8:1, from 14.4:1.
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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 Mechanicsburg Area SD
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Elmwood AcademyElementary · 712 students
- Kindergarten AcademyElementary · 321 students
- Upper Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Shepherdstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
Other schools in Mechanicsburg
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary School is the 41st largest of the 43.
- Northside Elementary SchoolPalmyra, PA · 229 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolBrookville, PA · 101 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,073 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 683 students
- Northside ElementaryPEARL, MS · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Kindergarten Academy0.9 mi · 321
- Elmwood Academy1.0 mi · 712
- Broad Street Elementary School1.0 mi · 239
- Mechanicsburg Area SHS1.2 mi · 1,412
- Sporting Hill Elementary School2.0 mi · 580
- Hampden Elementary School2.5 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Northside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades 01-03.
Is Northside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-03.
How many teachers does Northside Elementary School have?
Northside Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Northside Elementary School public or private?
Northside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mechanicsburg Area SD.
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