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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE COLLEGE AREA SD·NCES 422277006233
Park Forest Elementary School
2181 School Dr, State College, PA 16803 · (814) 231-5010 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
78 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
68.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.8pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.1% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 75.9% | 74.7% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Park Forest Elementary School
Park Forest Elementary School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Forest Elementary School this school | 419 | 18.6% | 75.3% |
| Penn Wood Elementary School West Chester | 438 | 18.7% | 70.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Pittsburgh | 414 | 20.5% | 81.3% |
| Oak Ridge Elementary School Harleysville | 420 | 19.5% | 63.8% |
| Wrightstown Elementary School Wrightstown | 399 | 18.3% | 75.8% |
| Howe Elementary School Pittsburgh | 398 | 17.1% | 80.6% |
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 Park Forest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #196 of 1,396 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #250 of 1,511 ▼ 89 | #5 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #242 of 1,511 ▼ 43 | #7 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #804 of 1,638 | #3 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #914 of 1,528 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #743 of 1,531 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #1,458 of 1,600 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #361 of 1,045 | #5 of 11 |
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
419
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 419 | 31.1 | 13.5:1 | 19% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 30.1 | 13.7:1 | 19% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 30.3 | 14.2:1 | 19% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 18% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 23% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 21% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 17% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 36 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Forest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (509 to 419); teachers down 11% (35 to 31.1).
About Park Forest Elementary School
Park Forest Elementary School is an elementary school located in State College, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 419 students.
Park Forest Elementary School falls under State College Area SD, which has 11 schools enrolling 6,799 students.
At Park Forest Elementary School, 76% of students are White. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Centre County is roughly 84% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Park Forest Elementary School scores 41%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Forest Elementary School is 13.5:1, based on 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Centre County report 31%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Park Forest Elementary School outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Park Forest Elementary School, the prediction is 69.6% and the result is 75.3%.
The county, Centre County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 33 public schools and about 13,674 students.
Park Forest Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Park Forest Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 75.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
Park Forest Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
The school's enrollment decreased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Park Forest Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Area SD
- 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
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
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
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Other Park Forest Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Park Forest Elementary. Park Forest Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Park Forest Middle School0.2 mi · 822
- Gray's Woods Elementary School2.0 mi · 356
- Radio Park Elementary School2.0 mi · 424
- Corl Street Elementary School3.1 mi · 250
- Young Scholars of Central PA CS3.3 mi · 321
- Centre Learning Community CS3.6 mi · 67
Frequently asked questions
About Park Forest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Park Forest Elementary School?
Park Forest Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Park Forest Elementary School serve?
Park Forest Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Forest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Forest Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park Forest Elementary School?
At Park Forest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Park Forest Elementary School?
Park Forest Elementary School is overseen by State College Area SD in Centre County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.