Enrollment
148
Elementary
DISTRICT 137 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY SD·NCES 422232002309
Rockhill Elementary School
510 Meadow St, Rockhill Furnace, PA 17249 · (814) 447-5529 · Huntingdon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
85 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Rockhill Elementary School→Southern Huntingdon Co HS/MS
Based on grade levels within Southern Huntingdon County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -20.9pp since 2023
Math
54.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 57.3% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Rockhill Elementary School
Rockhill Elementary School's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhill Elementary School this school | 148 | 57.4% | 57.7% |
| Charlotte Lappla Elementary School Wellsboro | 156 | 59.6% | N/A |
| Spring Farms Elementary School Three Springs | 174 | 54.6% | 41.6% |
| Penn Cambria Primary School Lilly | 175 | 54.3% | N/A |
| Preston School Lakewood | 143 | 62.9% | 51.2% |
| Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School Salisbury | 130 | 63.1% | 62.2% |
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 Rockhill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Huntingdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #658 of 1,396 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #691 of 1,511 ▼ 132 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #984 of 1,511 ▼ 424 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 148 | #1,587 of 1,638 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #855 of 1,600 | #4 of 6 |
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
148
-17 (-10%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 229
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 148 | 15 | 9.9:1 | 57% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 16 | 9.6:1 | 56% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 156 | 18 | 8.7:1 | 60% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 165 | 14 | 11.8:1 | 56% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 168 | 15 | 11.2:1 | 48% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 188 | 15 | 12.5:1 | 44% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 174 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 53% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | 33% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 229 | 18 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockhill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (168 to 148); teachers unchanged (15 to 15).
About Rockhill Elementary School
Rockhill Elementary School is an elementary school in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Southern Huntingdon County SD. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 148 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 67% lower.
Rockhill Elementary School belongs to Southern Huntingdon County SD, a district of 4 schools and 1,007 students.
Most students at Rockhill Elementary School are White: 95% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Rockhill Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 9%.
Teachers at the school number 15 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.9:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 57% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Rockhill Elementary School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.0% at Rockhill Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.7%.
In Huntingdon County (population about 43,653), median household income is about $65,557, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rockhill Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Huntingdon County, which together enroll about 4,454 students.
Of nearby public schools, Southern Huntingdon Co HS/MS is the closest, at about 2.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Rockhill Elementary School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Rockhill Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Rockhill Elementary School saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.8:1 in 2020-21, and 9.9:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Rockhill Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Huntingdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,653
Census ACS
Median income
$65,557
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern Huntingdon County SD
- Southern Huntingdon Co HS/MSHigh · 595 students
- Spring Farms Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Shade Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 90 students
Other Rockhill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rockhill Elementary. Rockhill Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rockhill ElementaryStafford, VA · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Huntingdon Co HS/MS2.3 mi · 595
- Shade Gap Elementary School4.4 mi · 90
- Spring Farms Elementary School6.6 mi · 174
- Shirley Twp Elementary School9.1 mi · 279
- Mount Union-Kistler Elementary School9.7 mi · 278
- Fannett-Metal Middle School10.3 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Rockhill Elementary SchoolHow large is Rockhill Elementary School?
Rockhill Elementary School enrolls approximately 148 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rockhill Elementary School serve?
Rockhill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rockhill Elementary School have?
Rockhill Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
How diverse is Rockhill Elementary School?
Rockhill Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Rockhill Elementary School public or private?
Rockhill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southern Huntingdon County SD.
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