Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE COLLEGE AREA SD·NCES 422277001359
Radio Park Elementary School
800 W Cherry Ln, State College, PA 16803 · (814) 231-4115 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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
12.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
82 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
74.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 74.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 69.3% |
% 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
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Radio Park Elementary School
Radio Park Elementary School's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Park Elementary School this school | 424 | 19.3% | 76.0% |
| Bridle Path Elementary School Lansdale | 508 | 22.8% | 71.3% |
| Upper Providence Elementary School Royersford | 435 | 11.0% | 82.9% |
| Brandywine-Wallace Elementary School Downingtown | 488 | 11.1% | 86.0% |
| Bethel Springs Elementary School Garnet Valley | 537 | 13.8% | 76.6% |
| Beaumont Elementary School Devon | 459 | 9.2% | 80.0% |
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 Radio Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #179 of 1,396 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #192 of 1,511 ▲ 63 | #4 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #89 of 1,511 ▲ 98 | #2 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #783 of 1,638 | #1 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #599 of 1,528 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #370 of 1,531 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #1,448 of 1,600 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.1% | #108 of 450 | #1 of 7 |
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
424
+63 (+17%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 424 | 33.9 | 12.5:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 34.2 | 12.7:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 30.5 | 13.0:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 24.5 | 14.7:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 18% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 22 | 19.8:1 | 13% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Radio Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (359 to 424); teachers up 38% (24.5 to 33.9).
About Radio Park Elementary School
Radio Park Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in State College, Pennsylvania. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 424 students.
Radio Park Elementary School reports to State College Area SD, which has 11 schools and 6,799 students.
Federal enrollment data show Radio Park Elementary School is 60% White. The next largest groups are 23% Asian, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 24 points below the 84% share among Centre County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Radio Park Elementary School has 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. That is 12 points below the 31% average for public schools in Centre County.
Radio Park Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.3% for Radio Park Elementary School. The school posts 76.0%, 6.7 points above the prediction.
Centre County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,291 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Radio Park Elementary School shares Centre County with 32 other public schools.
Radio Park Elementary School is about 1.3 miles from Corl Street Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Radio Park Elementary School is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Radio Park Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment rose by 17% across 4 years, from 361 in 2020-21 to 424 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Radio Park Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 State College Area SD
- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
- Park Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- Mount Nittany Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Other schools in State College
- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
- Park Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- Mount Nittany Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Corl Street Elementary School1.3 mi · 250
- Young Scholars of Central PA CS1.7 mi · 321
- State College Area High School1.9 mi · 2,402
- Park Forest Middle School2.0 mi · 822
- Park Forest Elementary School2.0 mi · 419
- Easterly Parkway Elementary School2.1 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Radio Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Radio Park Elementary School?
Radio Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Radio Park Elementary School serve?
Radio Park Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Radio Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Radio Park Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Radio Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Radio Park Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 23% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Radio Park Elementary School in?
Radio Park Elementary School is part of State College Area SD.
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