Enrollment
396
Middle
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT PLEASANT AREA SD·NCES 421617004457
Ramsay Elementary School
300 Eagle Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666 · (724) 547-4100 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
198 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 145 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 130 | 33% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Mount Pleasant Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 45.1% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Ramsay Elementary School
Ramsay Elementary School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay Elementary School this school | 396 | 50.0% | 51.5% |
| Huntingdon Area Middle School Huntingdon | 419 | 49.9% | 44.3% |
| Pine Grove Area Middle School Pine Grove | 411 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School Philipsburg | 372 | 53.2% | 46.5% |
| Everett Area Middle School Everett | 358 | 48.6% | 33.5% |
| McGuffey Middle School Claysville | 342 | 51.8% | 45.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Ramsay Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #190 of 479 | #10 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #138 of 513 ▲ 16 | #9 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #251 of 513 ▲ 87 | #14 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #377 of 522 | #15 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #409 of 486 | #14 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.7% | #439 of 486 | #13 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #257 of 510 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #67 of 131 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
396
-55 (-12%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 396 | 26.3 | 15.0:1 | 50% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 26.6 | 15.1:1 | 50% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 23.6 | 16.3:1 | 43% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 46% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 21.6 | 17.1:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 61% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 48% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 18 | 19.7:1 | 34% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 16 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ramsay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (369 to 396); teachers up 22% (21.6 to 26.3).
About Ramsay Elementary School
This page covers Ramsay Elementary School, a small middle-grades school in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The school counts 396 students across grades 4 through 6. The school's enrollment is 33% smaller than the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Ramsay Elementary School falls under Mount Pleasant Area SD, which has 5 schools enrolling 1,832 students.
Federal enrollment data show Ramsay Elementary School is 93% White. Other groups include 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ramsay Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.0:1. That is higher than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The lunch program counts 50% of students at Ramsay Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Ramsay Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ramsay Elementary School is 4.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (51.5% versus 56.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Ramsay Elementary School is located in Westmoreland County, where the median household income is $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ramsay Elementary School is one of 85 public schools in the county.
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is located about 2.1 miles from Ramsay Elementary School. The five-mile area around Ramsay Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Ramsay Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Ramsay Elementary School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
2024-25 enrollment was 396, a 12% decrease from 451 in 2020-21. The ratio was 19.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Pleasant Area SD
- Mount Pleasant Area High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Norvelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Mount Pleasant Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 290 students
- Donegal Elementary SchoolElementary · 92 students
Other schools in Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant Area High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Norvelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Mount Pleasant Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School2.1 mi · 290
- Mount Pleasant Area High School2.1 mi · 597
- Southmoreland SHS2.4 mi · 566
- Southmoreland Primary Center2.5 mi · 277
- Southmoreland Middle School3.6 mi · 410
- Southmoreland Elementary School3.6 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Ramsay Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ramsay Elementary School?
Ramsay Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Ramsay Elementary School serve?
Ramsay Elementary School serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Ramsay Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Ramsay Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Ramsay Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ramsay Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Ramsay Elementary School public or private?
Ramsay Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Pleasant Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.