Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 189 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN CAMBRIA SD·NCES 421377007172
Penn Cambria Intrmd School
376 Wood St, Lilly, PA 15938 · (814) 886-8532 · Cambria County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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
15.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
100 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 2 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 36% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Penn Cambria SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.8pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 46.5% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Penn Cambria Intrmd School
Penn Cambria Intrmd School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Cambria Intrmd School this school | 290 | 34.5% | 51.7% |
| Knoch Intermediate Elementary School Saxonburg | 296 | 37.2% | 68.9% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Millerstown | 313 | 33.2% | 69.0% |
| Manheim Elementary School Glenville | 256 | 35.2% | 61.7% |
| Connoquenessing Elementary School Renfrew | 287 | 29.6% | 69.2% |
| Fawn Area Elementary School Fawn Grove | 249 | 36.5% | 68.5% |
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 Penn Cambria Intrmd School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cambria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #830 of 1,396 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #932 of 1,511 ▼ 95 | #11 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #886 of 1,511 ▼ 220 | #9 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #1,285 of 1,638 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,352 of 1,528 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.7% | #1,452 of 1,531 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #1,262 of 1,600 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.3% | #87 of 450 | N/A |
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
290
+75 (+35%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 290 | 18.5 | 15.7:1 | 34% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 15.5 | 12.5:1 | 52% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 15.9 | 13.2:1 | 52% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 17 | 12.7:1 | 49% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 20.6 | 11.7:1 | 50% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 258 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 41% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 35% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 25% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn Cambria Intrmd School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (241 to 290); teachers down 10% (20.6 to 18.5).
About Penn Cambria Intrmd School
Penn Cambria Intrmd School is an elementary school in Lilly, Pennsylvania, reachable at (814) 886-8532. It reported 290 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Penn Cambria SD is responsible for 5 schools, Penn Cambria Intrmd School included, with 1,449 students in all.
A large majority of enrollment at Penn Cambria Intrmd School is White, at 96%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Penn Cambria Intrmd School scores 9%.
Penn Cambria Intrmd School lists 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 2.6 students per teacher. About 34% of students at Penn Cambria Intrmd School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 39 points below the 73% average for public schools in Cambria County.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Penn Cambria Intrmd School outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Penn Cambria Intrmd School's results are 11.2 points below predicted: 51.7% against 62.8%.
For the population of Cambria County, median household income comes to about $58,418, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Cambria County counts 37 public schools with about 15,789 students.
Among nearby public schools, Penn Cambria Primary School is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Penn Cambria Intrmd School. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Penn Cambria Intrmd School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 35%. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.7 to 15.7 over 4 years.
Penn Cambria Intrmd School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cambria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,538
Census ACS
Median income
$58,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
15,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn Cambria SD
- Penn Cambria High SchoolHigh · 538 students
- Penn Cambria Middle SchoolMiddle · 343 students
- Penn Cambria Primary SchoolElementary · 175 students
- Penn Cambria Pre-PrimaryElementary · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Penn Cambria Primary School0.4 mi · 175
- Portage Area Elementary School3.2 mi · 401
- Portage Area JSHS3.3 mi · 339
- Penn Cambria High School3.8 mi · 538
- Penn Cambria Pre-Primary3.9 mi · 103
- Penn Cambria Middle School5.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Penn Cambria Intrmd SchoolHow large is Penn Cambria Intrmd School?
Penn Cambria Intrmd School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Penn Cambria Intrmd School serve?
Penn Cambria Intrmd School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Penn Cambria Intrmd School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Penn Cambria Intrmd School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Penn Cambria Intrmd School?
At Penn Cambria Intrmd School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Penn Cambria Intrmd School public or private?
Penn Cambria Intrmd School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penn Cambria SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.