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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION CENTER AREA SD·NCES 421473007338

Rayne Elementary School

2535 Rt 119 Hwy North, Home, PA 15747 · (724) 397-5551 · Indiana County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
200 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K4015%
Kindergarten8933%
Grade 16524%
Grade 27227%
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
26299%
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 14% · US 15%
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
Male
12547%
Female
14153%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Rayne Elementary School→W.A. McCreery Elementary School→Marion Center Area JR/SR High School
Based on grade levels within Marion Center Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2023-24 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
54.0%
PA avg 55.1%
Math
52.8%
PA avg 41.4%

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 55 and 41.

Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Rayne Elementary School

Rayne Elementary School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Rayne Elementary School this school26675.2%57.5%
Northern Potter Childrens School
Ulysses
29367.6%44.5%
Main Street Elementary School
Titusville
21975.8%62.2%
Chestnut Ridge Central Elementary School
New Paris
30366.7%N/A
Forbes Road Elementary School
Waterfall
21967.1%52.7%
Otto-Eldred Elementary School
Eldred
27164.9%62.5%
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 Rayne Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Indiana County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
57.5%#665 of 1,396#6 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
52.8%#727 of 1,511#8 of 12
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
54.0%#617 of 1,511#6 of 12
Enrollment
ranked largest first
266#1,360 of 1,638#10 of 12
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.5:1#309 of 1,528#4 of 11
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
3.0%#1,524 of 1,531#11 of 11
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
75.2%#715 of 1,600#4 of 12
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.0%#739 of 1,045#8 of 9
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 2024-25
Enrollment
266
-40 (-13%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 305
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2526623.111.5:175% (200)
2023-2429722.913.0:167% (200)
2022-2328824.112.0:161% (177)
2020-213062313.3:152% (158)
2017-1828923.312.4:152% (151)
2015-163092313.4:142% (129)
2010-113052611.7:145% (138)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rayne Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (289 to 266); teachers down 1% (23.3 to 23.1).

About Rayne Elementary School

Home, Pennsylvania, is home to Rayne Elementary School, a small elementary school. It had 266 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 2. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 40% below average.

Marion Center Area SD has 1,188 students in 3 schools, and Rayne Elementary School is one of those schools.

The share of White students at Rayne Elementary School is 99%. The diversity index for Rayne Elementary School is 3%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Rayne Elementary School lists 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. About 75% of students at Rayne Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Indiana County averages 66%, lower than here.

Rayne Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rayne Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 57.5% actual against 45.4% predicted.

In Indiana County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $60,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 22 public schools and about 8,470 students.

A public school about 4.2 miles away, Indiana County Technology Center, is the closest to Rayne Elementary School. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Rayne Elementary School comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Locale data from NCES put Rayne Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).

Federal enrollment counts fell from 306 (2020-21) to 266 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.5:1) than in 2020-21 (13.3:1).

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Indiana County at a glance

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Population
83,042
Census ACS
Median income
$60,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,470 students

Quick facts

School name
Rayne Elementary School
District
Marion Center Area SD
Address
2535 Rt 119 Hwy North, Home, PA 15747
Phone
(724) 397-5551
County
Indiana County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–02
Total enrollment
266
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
11.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
200 (75%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
421473007338
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Rayne Elementary School
How large is Rayne Elementary School?
Rayne Elementary School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-02.
What age range does Rayne Elementary School serve?
Rayne Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 02.
How many teachers does Rayne Elementary School have?
Rayne Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rayne Elementary School?
At Rayne Elementary School, the student body is approximately 99% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Rayne Elementary School public or private?
Rayne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marion Center Area SD.
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