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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JIM THORPE AREA SD·NCES 421254000776
Penn-Kidder Campus
2850 State Route 903, Albrightsville, PA 18210 · (570) 722-1150 · Carbon County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
352 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Penn-Kidder Campus→Jim Thorpe Area High School
Based on grade levels within Jim Thorpe Area 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% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.5pp 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 34 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 up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 31.7% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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-Kidder Campus
Penn-Kidder Campus's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn-Kidder Campus this school | 541 | 65.1% | 42.6% |
| Saint Clair Area El/MS Saint Clair | 547 | 64.5% | 42.1% |
| EverGreen Elementary School Lake Ariel | 522 | 65.1% | 64.6% |
| New Holland Elementary New Holland | 484 | 59.7% | 51.0% |
| Dingman-Delaware Primary School Dingmans Ferry | 493 | 58.2% | N/A |
| East Berwick Elementary School Berwick | 539 | 71.2% | 64.4% |
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-Kidder Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Carbon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #1,029 of 1,396 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,093 of 1,511 ▲ 5 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #885 of 1,511 ▲ 101 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #413 of 1,638 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #512 of 1,528 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #570 of 1,531 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #764 of 1,600 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #258 of 1,045 | 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
541
-81 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 541 | 44.2 | 12.2:1 | 65% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 51 | 10.8:1 | 64% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 49.5 | 11.6:1 | 62% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 52 | 12.0:1 | 52% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 50.4 | 13.6:1 | 57% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 58% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 51% (389) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn-Kidder Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (686 to 541); teachers down 12% (50.4 to 44.2).
About Penn-Kidder Campus
This page covers Penn-Kidder Campus, a medium-sized elementary school in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. It educates 541 students in pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 22% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Jim Thorpe Area SD totals 1,646 students.
White students are the majority at Penn-Kidder Campus, with 69% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. The school's White share is 20 points below the 89% share among Carbon County residents. Penn-Kidder Campus's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
Penn-Kidder Campus counts 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.2 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 12.2:1 here. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Carbon County average 65%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Penn-Kidder Campus receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Penn-Kidder Campus is -7.1 points: 42.6% actual, 49.7% predicted.
Within Carbon County, the median household income is $67,554, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Carbon County has 18 public schools and roughly 8,111 students.
The nearest public school is Tobyhanna El Center, at about 7.8 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The school's 42.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Penn-Kidder Campus's enrollment dropped from 622 in 2020-21 to 541 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,382
Census ACS
Median income
$67,554
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,111 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jim Thorpe Area SD
- L B Morris Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Jim Thorpe Area High SchoolHigh · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Tobyhanna El Center7.8 mi · 551
- Pleasant Valley Intermediate School9.7 mi · 906
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School9.9 mi · 899
- Pocono Mountain West Junior High School10.1 mi · 697
- Pocono Mountain West High School10.2 mi · 1,501
- Towamensing Elementary School10.8 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Penn-Kidder CampusHow large is Penn-Kidder Campus?
Penn-Kidder Campus enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Penn-Kidder Campus serve?
Penn-Kidder Campus serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Penn-Kidder Campus?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Penn-Kidder Campus is approximately 12.2:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Penn-Kidder Campus?
Student demographics at Penn-Kidder Campus are roughly 69% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Penn-Kidder Campus in?
Penn-Kidder Campus is part of Jim Thorpe Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.