Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNS MANOR AREA SD·NCES 421878007028
Penns Manor Area Elementary School
6003 Route 553 Hwy, Clymer, PA 15728 · (724) 254-2666 · Indiana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- 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
11.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
194 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Penns Manor Area Elementary School→Penns Manor Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Penns Manor Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.9pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 45.8% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Penns Manor Area Elementary School
Penns Manor Area Elementary School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penns Manor Area Elementary School this school | 321 | 60.4% | 48.9% |
| W R Croman Primary School Troy | 321 | 62.6% | N/A |
| Juniata Valley Elementary School Alexandria | 285 | 62.1% | 43.2% |
| Cambridge Springs Elementary School Cambridge Springs | 353 | 58.1% | 56.4% |
| Francis S Grandinetti Elementary School Ridgway | 359 | 63.2% | 57.3% |
| West Greene El Center Waynesburg | 333 | 55.9% | 60.9% |
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 Penns Manor Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Indiana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #895 of 1,396 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #844 of 1,511 ▲ 7 | #9 of 12 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #1,085 of 1,511 ▼ 133 | #12 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #1,169 of 1,638 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #263 of 1,528 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.4% | #1,455 of 1,531 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #814 of 1,600 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #409 of 1,045 | #2 of 9 |
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
321
-34 (-10%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
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 | 321 | 28.4 | 11.3:1 | 60% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 28.4 | 11.2:1 | 61% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 28.4 | 11.7:1 | 59% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 50% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 30.4 | 12.6:1 | 54% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 56% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 50% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 49% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 692 | 35 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penns Manor Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (382 to 321); teachers down 7% (30.4 to 28.4).
About Penns Manor Area Elementary School
Students in Clymer, Pennsylvania, attend Penns Manor Area Elementary School, a small elementary school. School enrollment was 321 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
The 2 schools in Penns Manor Area SD enroll 692 students altogether, Penns Manor Area Elementary School among them.
White students make up 96% of enrollment at Penns Manor Area Elementary School. The next largest groups are 2% multiracial. The White share in Indiana County as a whole is similar, at about 92%. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Penns Manor Area Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.3:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 60%.
The allk12 Grade for Penns Manor Area Elementary School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Penns Manor Area Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 48.9% actual against 51.7% predicted.
Penns Manor Area Elementary School is located in Indiana County, where the median household income is $60,208, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Penns Manor Area Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in the county.
Penns Manor Area JSHS is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Penns Manor Area Elementary School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Penns Manor Area Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Penns Manor Area Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Penns Manor Area Elementary School's enrollment dropped 10%, to 321. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 11.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Indiana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,042
Census ACS
Median income
$60,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,470 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Penns Manor Area JSHS0.1 mi · 371
- Purchase Line JSHS6.8 mi · 363
- Purchase Line Elementary School6.9 mi · 353
- Northern Cambria Elementary School8.3 mi · 262
- Northern Cambria Middle School8.3 mi · 234
- Northern Cambria High School8.7 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Penns Manor Area Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Penns Manor Area Elementary School?
Penns Manor Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Penns Manor Area Elementary School serve?
Penns Manor Area Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Penns Manor Area Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Penns Manor Area Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Penns Manor Area Elementary School?
Student demographics at Penns Manor Area Elementary School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Penns Manor Area Elementary School?
Penns Manor Area Elementary School is overseen by Penns Manor Area SD in Indiana County.
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