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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALTOONA AREA SD·NCES 420234000902
Pleasant Valley Elementary School
310 Cayuga Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 · (814) 946-8397 · Blair County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- A-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
12.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
436 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.7pp since 2023
Math
40.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 40.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 42.2% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Valley Elementary School
Pleasant Valley Elementary School's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School this school | 439 | 99.3% | 50.2% |
| Juniata Elementary School Altoona | 470 | 96.2% | 55.1% |
| Juniata Gap Elementary School Altoona | 490 | 99.4% | 55.8% |
| Logan Elementary School Altoona | 428 | 99.3% | 42.9% |
| California Area Elementary School Coal Center | 485 | 99.4% | 35.1% |
| Mowrie A Ebner Elementary School Altoona | 349 | 99.1% | 41.6% |
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 Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #860 of 1,396 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #996 of 1,511 ▼ 76 | #12 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #812 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #9 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #722 of 1,638 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #456 of 1,528 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #800 of 1,531 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #351 of 1,600 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #181 of 1,045 | #4 of 17 |
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
439
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 439 | 36.3 | 12.1:1 | 99% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 35.7 | 13.1:1 | 99% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 37.4 | 12.4:1 | 76% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 63% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 35.2 | 16.5:1 | 70% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 70% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 49% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 17 | 22.5:1 | 31% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 14 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (582 to 439); teachers up 3% (35.2 to 36.3).
About Pleasant Valley Elementary School
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 439 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Altoona Area SD has 6,852 students in 10 schools, and Pleasant Valley Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Pleasant Valley Elementary School, at 77%. The remaining shares are 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Blair County's population at about 92%. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pleasant Valley Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.1:1. That is 1.0 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 99%. Public schools in Blair County average 74%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Pleasant Valley Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Pleasant Valley Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.2%, compared with a predicted 35.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Blair County has these Census figures: the median household income is $62,382, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blair County is home to 33 public schools and about 15,692 public school students.
The nearest public school is Baker Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 50.6% proficiency; Pleasant Valley Elementary School posts 50.2%.
In the federal locale system, Pleasant Valley Elementary School is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 439 students in 2024-25, 71 fewer than the 510 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.2:1 to 12.1:1.
The Pleasant Valley Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Altoona Area SD
- Altoona Area High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Altoona Area Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Juniata Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Juniata Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Mowrie A Ebner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Altoona
- Altoona Area High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Altoona Area Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,578 students
- Juniata Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Juniata Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Mowrie A Ebner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other Pleasant Valley Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Pleasant Valley Elementary. Pleasant Valley Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 16.
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolKunkletown, PA · 899 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolMcMurray, PA · 495 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolParma, OH · 971 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryNovato, CA · 464 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolJacksonville, AL · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Baker Elementary School0.6 mi · 263
- Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center1.0 mi · 60
- Altoona Area High School1.2 mi · 2,255
- Altoona Area Jr High School1.3 mi · 1,578
- Penn-Lincoln Elementary School1.3 mi · 313
- Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS1.7 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pleasant Valley Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Valley Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Valley Elementary School public or private?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Altoona Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.