Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSBURY SD·NCES 421884001101
Penn Valley Elementary School
180 North Turn Lane, Levittown, PA 19054 · (215) 949-6800 · Bucks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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
10.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
219 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.7pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 46.3% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Valley Elementary School
Penn Valley Elementary School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Valley Elementary School this school | 356 | 61.5% | 50.3% |
| Paradise Elementary School Paradise | 382 | 63.6% | 51.6% |
| James Gettys Elementary School Gettysburg | 334 | 56.9% | 59.1% |
| Baron Elementary School Manheim | 350 | 58.0% | 50.6% |
| Fulton Elementary School Ephrata | 297 | 61.6% | 63.4% |
| Summitview Elementary School Waynesboro | 363 | 59.8% | 58.0% |
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 Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #858 of 1,396 | #57 of 71 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #897 of 1,511 ▼ 55 | #61 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #1,045 of 1,511 ▼ 214 | #65 of 72 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #1,034 of 1,638 | #59 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #106 of 1,528 | #3 of 71 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #685 of 1,531 | #36 of 71 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #805 of 1,600 | #14 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #534 of 1,045 | #21 of 50 |
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
356
-51 (-13%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
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 | 356 | 35 | 10.2:1 | 62% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 33.9 | 11.3:1 | 57% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 33.5 | 11.4:1 | 52% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 34 | 12.0:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 28.1 | 14.5:1 | 44% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 41% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 23% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 21% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 30 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (408 to 356); teachers up 24% (28.1 to 35).
About Penn Valley Elementary School
Penn Valley Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Levittown, Pennsylvania. The school reports 356 students in kindergarten through 5.
Pennsbury SD counts 14 schools and 9,435 students, including Penn Valley Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Penn Valley Elementary School, at 73%. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Bucks County is roughly 81% White. Penn Valley Elementary School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.2 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. Across public schools in Bucks County, the average is 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Penn Valley Elementary School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.2% for Penn Valley Elementary School. The school posts 50.3%, within a point of the prediction.
In the county around the school, Bucks County, the median household income is $114,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Bucks County is home to 123 public schools and about 81,956 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Walt Disney Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Penn Valley Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Penn Valley Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 407 in 2020-21 to 356 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.2:1, from 12.0:1.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Walt Disney Elementary School0.6 mi · 373
- Manor Elementary School0.6 mi · 434
- Center for Student Learning CS at Pennsbury1.0 mi · 170
- Pennsbury High School1.2 mi · 2,847
- Bucks County Montessori CS1.3 mi · 180
- Brookwood Elementary School1.8 mi · 975
Frequently asked questions
About Penn Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Penn Valley Elementary School?
Penn Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Penn Valley Elementary School serve?
Penn Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Penn Valley Elementary School have?
Penn Valley Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Penn Valley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Penn Valley Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Penn Valley Elementary School in?
Penn Valley Elementary School is part of Pennsbury SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.