Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 213 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNS VALLEY AREA SD·NCES 421881006847
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School
4528 Penns Valley Road, Spring Mills, PA 16875 · (814) 422-2000 · Centre County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
13.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
158 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 62% smaller than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
3%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 Valley Area El and Intrmd School→Penns Valley Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Penns Valley Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 63.9% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Valley Area El and Intrmd School
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School this school | 348 | 45.4% | 64.0% |
| Wilmington Area Elementary School New Wilmington | 357 | 43.7% | 62.2% |
| Moraine Elementary School Prospect | 349 | 43.3% | 68.8% |
| Southside Elementary School Huntingdon | 347 | 48.1% | 47.2% |
| Fairfield Area Elementary School Fairfield | 346 | 43.1% | 63.3% |
| East Union Intrmd School Cheswick | 335 | 46.3% | 54.8% |
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 Valley Area El and Intrmd School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #469 of 1,396 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #341 of 1,511 ▲ 42 | #12 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #454 of 1,511 ▲ 71 | #14 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #1,070 of 1,638 | #9 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #861 of 1,528 | #14 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.8% | #1,526 of 1,531 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,072 of 1,600 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #207 of 1,045 | #2 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
348
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 348 | 26.2 | 13.3:1 | 45% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 26.4 | 13.1:1 | 46% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 25.7 | 15.2:1 | 42% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 44% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 29.1 | 15.6:1 | 34% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 32% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 28% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 20 | 14.0:1 | 28% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (454 to 348); teachers down 10% (29.1 to 26.2).
About Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Penns Valley Area SD, located in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania. It has an enrollment of 348 students in kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.
The district for Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School is Penns Valley Area SD, with 4 schools and 1,271 students.
White students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. Centre County's residents are about 84% White, 15 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 3% means there is a 3% chance two randomly chosen students at Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School are from different groups.
There are 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School, giving a ratio of 13.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. By family income, 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 31% average among public schools in Centre County.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.0%) and its predicted rate (58.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
For Centre County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,291 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School, Centre County has 33 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Penns Valley Area JSHS, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within ten miles: 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 359 students in 2020-21 to 348 in 2024-25.
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Penns Valley Area SD
- Penns Valley Area JSHSHigh · 632 students
- Centre Hall-Potter Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
- Miles Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 86 students
Nearby schools
- Penns Valley Area JSHS0.2 mi · 632
- Miles Township Elementary School6.6 mi · 86
- Marion-Walker Elementary School7.2 mi · 353
- Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School8.5 mi · 205
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology11.0 mi · 5
- Pleasant Gap Elementary School11.0 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd SchoolHow large is Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School?
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School serve?
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School.
How diverse is Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School?
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School reports a student body of 99% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School?
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School is overseen by Penns Valley Area SD in Centre County.
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