Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMBURG AREA SD·NCES 421134000809
Perry Elementary School
201 Fourth Street, Shoemakersville, PA 19555 · (610) 562-3024 · Berks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
142 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 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Based on grade levels within Hamburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
61.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.3pp 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 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 65.5% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Perry Elementary School
Perry Elementary School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Elementary School this school | 327 | 43.4% | 57.9% |
| Hopewell Elementary School Aliquippa | 323 | 39.6% | 53.0% |
| Towamensing Elementary School Lehighton | 328 | 39.9% | 67.3% |
| Ringgold Elementary School North Finleyville | 344 | 43.0% | 62.9% |
| Kiski Area South Primary School Export | 308 | 45.1% | 69.1% |
| 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 Perry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #655 of 1,396 | #14 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #506 of 1,511 ▼ 162 | #9 of 47 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #899 of 1,511 ▲ 32 | #23 of 47 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #1,147 of 1,638 | #41 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #431 of 1,528 | #12 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #1,089 of 1,531 | #35 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #1,103 of 1,600 | #29 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #702 of 1,045 | #24 of 33 |
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
327
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 327 | 27.3 | 12.0:1 | 43% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 28.6 | 11.7:1 | 43% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 27.9 | 12.1:1 | 40% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 37% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 32.5 | 11.0:1 | 38% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 37% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 29% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 12% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (359 to 327); teachers down 16% (32.5 to 27.3).
About Perry Elementary School
Perry Elementary School is an elementary school in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, reachable at (610) 562-3024. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 327 students. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 26% lower.
Besides Perry Elementary School, Hamburg Area SD runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 2,045 students.
White students are the large majority at Perry Elementary School, with 87% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 70% of Berks County residents are White. By the diversity index, Perry Elementary School comes in at 24%.
Its 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Berks County averages 67%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Perry Elementary School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Perry Elementary School are 1.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (57.9% actual, 59.0% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Berks County show that median household income is about $79,777, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Perry Elementary School is one of 95 public schools in Berks County, which together enroll about 62,375 students.
Hamburg Area High School is located about 3.6 miles from Perry Elementary School. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Perry Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 332 in 2020-21 and 327 in 2024-25.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamburg Area SD
- Hamburg Area High SchoolHigh · 674 students
- Tilden El CenterElementary · 562 students
- Hamburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 482 students
Other Perry Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Perry Elementary. Perry Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 13.
- Perry Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 466 students
- Perry ElementaryPerry, IA · 816 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolPerry, OK · 573 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolPerry, OH · 538 students
- PERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPERRY, NY · 411 students
Nearby schools
- Hamburg Area High School3.6 mi · 674
- Hamburg Area Middle School3.6 mi · 482
- Schuylkill Valley Elementary School3.9 mi · 744
- Schuylkill Valley Middle School3.9 mi · 691
- Tilden El Center3.9 mi · 562
- Schuylkill Valley High School4.2 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Perry Elementary School?
Perry Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
Is Perry Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perry Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Perry Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Perry Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Perry Elementary School?
Student demographics at Perry Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Perry Elementary School in?
Perry Elementary School is part of Hamburg Area SD.
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