Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMYRA AREA SD·NCES 421839007374
Northside Elementary School
301 E Spruce St, Palmyra, PA 17078 · (717) 838-1331 · Lebanon County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
98 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (43) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 Palmyra Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 74.6% |
| 2023-24 | 74.8% | 77.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 (77.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary School this school | 229 | 42.8% | 77.2% |
| Andrew Maier Elementary School Blandon | 245 | 40.4% | 60.4% |
| Mt Wolf Elementary School Mt Wolf | 217 | 45.2% | 58.4% |
| Londonderry Elementary School Middletown | 234 | 48.3% | 51.5% |
| Northside Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 221 | 43.4% | 67.8% |
| Penn Bernville Elementary School Bernville | 302 | 41.1% | 50.8% |
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 Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #161 of 1,396 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #198 of 1,511 ▼ 73 | #3 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #172 of 1,511 ▲ 47 | #2 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 229 | #1,463 of 1,638 | #18 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #822 of 1,528 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #627 of 1,531 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #1,114 of 1,600 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #916 of 1,045 | #16 of 17 |
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
229
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 229 | 17.4 | 13.2:1 | 43% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 17.7 | 13.1:1 | 42% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 18.8 | 12.3:1 | 41% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 16 | 14.8:1 | 38% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 18.4 | 12.9:1 | 41% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 17 | 14.3:1 | 38% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (237 to 229); teachers down 5% (18.4 to 17.4).
About Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School sits in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, and is classified as an elementary school. Its grade span covers grades 1 through 5, with 229 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 48% below average.
The district, Palmyra Area SD, operates 6 schools serving 3,405 students.
About 72% of the student body at Northside Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 81% of Lebanon County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
Based on 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Northside Elementary School has a ratio of 13.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. Income data for the school show 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Lebanon County, the average is 61%.
Northside Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Northside Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania are predicted to post 59.3%, so the school is 17.9 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In the wider Lebanon County area, the median household earns about $78,425 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Lebanon County, 37 public schools serve about 18,804 students.
Northside Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Palmyra Area Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Northside Elementary School is ahead of the 74.0% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Northside Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 236 (2020-21) to 229 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palmyra Area SD
- Palmyra Area SHSHigh · 1,126 students
- Palmyra Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Lingle Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Pine Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Forge Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
Other schools in Palmyra
- Palmyra Area SHSHigh · 1,126 students
- Palmyra Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Lingle Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Pine Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Forge Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary School is the 40th largest of the 43.
- Northside Elementary SchoolMechanicsburg, PA · 221 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
- Palmyra Area Middle School0.8 mi · 820
- Forge Road Elementary School0.9 mi · 341
- Pine Street Elementary School1.0 mi · 342
- Palmyra Area SHS1.4 mi · 1,126
- Lingle Avenue Elementary School1.8 mi · 547
- Hershey Intrmd Elementary School3.4 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About Northside Elementary SchoolHow large is Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School enrolls approximately 229 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Northside Elementary School serve?
Northside Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northside Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northside Elementary School?
At Northside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Northside Elementary School in?
Northside Elementary School is part of Palmyra Area SD.
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