Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEFONTE AREA SD·NCES 420324006229
Pleasant Gap Elementary School
230 S Main St, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823 · (814) 359-2739 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- B-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
9.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
64 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 51 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Bellefonte Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 66.0% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Pleasant Gap Elementary School
Pleasant Gap Elementary School's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Gap Elementary School this school | 215 | 29.8% | 67.1% |
| Conewago Elementary School Elizabethtown | 239 | 28.5% | 71.8% |
| Bainbridge Elementary School Bainbridge | 219 | 32.9% | N/A |
| Jefferson Elementary School Lake Ariel | 239 | 31.8% | 75.7% |
| Springfield Elementary School Quakertown | 219 | 26.0% | 77.3% |
| W W Evans Memorial Elementary School Bloomsburg | 250 | 32.8% | 60.7% |
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 Pleasant Gap Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #384 of 1,396 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #327 of 1,511 ▼ 2 | #10 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #483 of 1,511 ▼ 16 | #16 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #1,497 of 1,638 | #16 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #34 of 1,528 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,181 of 1,531 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #1,330 of 1,600 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #923 of 1,045 | #11 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
215
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 215 | 23 | 9.3:1 | 30% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 21.2 | 9.4:1 | 32% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 20.7 | 9.3:1 | 25% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 37% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 17.8 | 12.5:1 | 37% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 220 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 30% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 18 | 14.0:1 | 40% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 28% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 16 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Gap Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (222 to 215); teachers up 30% (17.8 to 23).
About Pleasant Gap Elementary School
Pleasant Gap Elementary School is an elementary school in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Bellefonte Area SD. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 215 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
The district for Pleasant Gap Elementary School is Bellefonte Area SD, with 6 schools and 2,579 students.
The large majority of students at Pleasant Gap Elementary School, 89%, are White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Pleasant Gap Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
Staffing totals 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 30%. That is close to the 31% average for public schools in Centre County.
The allk12 Grade for Pleasant Gap Elementary School is B. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Pleasant Gap Elementary School would score about 64.8%. It scores 67.1%, 2.3 points above that figure.
Among Centre County residents, median household income is about $74,291, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 33 public schools in Centre County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,674.
The closest other public school is Central PA Institute of Science and Technology, about 1.1 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Pleasant Gap Elementary School at 4th of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
Federal data show 213 students in 2020-21 and 215 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.3:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Bellefonte Area SD
- Bellefonte Area High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Bellefonte Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Marion-Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Bellefonte Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Benner Elementary SchoolElementary · 252 students
Other schools in Pleasant Gap
- Central PA Institute of Science and TechnologyHigh · 5 students
Nearby schools
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology1.1 mi · 5
- Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School3.1 mi · 205
- Bellefonte Area High School3.4 mi · 850
- Bellefonte Area Middle School3.4 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Elementary School4.0 mi · 318
- Benner Elementary School4.1 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Gap Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pleasant Gap Elementary School?
Pleasant Gap Elementary School enrolls approximately 215 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pleasant Gap Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Gap Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Gap Elementary School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Gap Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Gap Elementary School?
At Pleasant Gap Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Gap Elementary School public or private?
Pleasant Gap Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bellefonte Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.