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How has Oley Valley El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLEY VALLEY SD·NCES 421815000099
Oley Valley Elementary School
3257 Friedensburg Rd, Oley, PA 19547 · (610) 987-4100 · Berks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
205 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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 Oley Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.3pp 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 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 55.2% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Oley Valley Elementary School
Oley Valley Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oley Valley Elementary School this school | 593 | 34.6% | 61.4% |
| Blue Mountain El East School Orwigsburg | 609 | 35.1% | 57.4% |
| Greencastle-Antrim Elementary School Greencastle | 671 | 36.4% | 62.7% |
| Park Hills Elementary School Hanover | 572 | 38.8% | 53.4% |
| North Coventry Elementary School Pottstown | 532 | 32.9% | 70.0% |
| North East Elementary School North East | 589 | 29.9% | 70.7% |
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 Oley Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #550 of 1,396 | #8 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #439 of 1,511 ▲ 166 | #3 of 47 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #470 of 1,511 ▲ 346 | #5 of 47 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #275 of 1,638 | #10 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #339 of 1,528 | #8 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #1,031 of 1,531 | #32 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #1,259 of 1,600 | #45 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #463 of 1,045 | #16 of 33 |
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
593
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 1,150
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 593 | 50.8 | 11.7:1 | 35% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 51.2 | 11.9:1 | 34% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 47.8 | 12.8:1 | 36% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 28% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 49.2 | 14.1:1 | 35% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 31% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 24% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 1,150 | 67 | 17.2:1 | 3% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oley Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (693 to 593); teachers up 3% (49.2 to 50.8).
About Oley Valley Elementary School
At 3257 Friedensburg Rd in Oley, Pennsylvania, Oley Valley Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 593 students in 2024-25. The school is 34% larger than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Oley Valley SD is responsible for 3 schools, Oley Valley Elementary School included, with 1,424 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Oley Valley Elementary School, about 84 are White. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Berks County is about 70% White. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Oley Valley Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 11.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Oley Valley Elementary School, which has 50.8. The school's 11.7:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 35%. The 67% average for public schools in Berks County is 32 points higher.
Oley Valley Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 62.8%.
In the wider Berks County area, median household income comes to about $79,777, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Berks County's 95 public schools enroll about 62,375 students and include Oley Valley Elementary School.
About 0.1 miles separate Oley Valley Elementary School from the closest public school, Oley Valley Middle School. The five-mile area around Oley Valley Elementary School holds 7 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Oley Valley Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 599 students in 2020-21 and 593 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.0:1 to 11.7:1 over the same years.
Oley Valley Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oley Valley SD
- Oley Valley SHSHigh · 506 students
- Oley Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 325 students
Other schools in Oley
- Oley Valley SHSHigh · 506 students
- Oley Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 325 students
- Berks Career and Technology Center-East CampusHigh · 23 students
Nearby schools
- Oley Valley Middle School0.1 mi · 325
- Berks Career and Technology Center-East Campus0.2 mi · 23
- Oley Valley SHS0.9 mi · 506
- Stony Creek Elementary School4.3 mi · 345
- Owatin Creek Elementary School4.5 mi · 539
- Jacksonwald Elementary School4.7 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Oley Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oley Valley Elementary School?
Oley Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Oley Valley Elementary School serve?
Oley Valley Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oley Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oley Valley Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Oley Valley Elementary School?
Oley Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Oley Valley Elementary School in?
Oley Valley Elementary School is part of Oley Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.