Enrollment
176
Middle
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT AREA SD·NCES 422214000652
Rommelt Elementary School
515 West Central Avenue, South Williamsport, PA 17702 · (570) 320-4470 · Lycoming County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
115 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 5 | 87 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 51% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Rommelt Elementary School→South Williamsport Area JSHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Williamsport Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.9pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 34.6% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Rommelt Elementary School
Rommelt Elementary School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rommelt Elementary School this school | 176 | 65.3% | 41.1% |
| Hartman Intrmd School Ellwood City | 225 | 64.9% | 53.4% |
| Frazier Middle School Perryopolis | 221 | 56.1% | 36.4% |
| Ridgway Area Middle School Ridgway | 198 | 54.5% | 59.4% |
| Sharpsville Area Middle School Sharpsville | 217 | 54.4% | 48.8% |
| Meyersdale Area Middle School Meyersdale | 163 | 53.4% | 52.1% |
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 Rommelt Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #329 of 479 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #237 of 513 ▲ 41 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #395 of 513 ▼ 95 | #6 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 176 | #496 of 522 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #183 of 510 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #126 of 332 | #3 of 7 |
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
176
-25 (-12%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 176 | 10.7 | 16.4:1 | 65% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 11.7 | 16.4:1 | 60% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 11.7 | 15.1:1 | 58% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 45% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 14.1 | 14.5:1 | 46% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 13 | 17.5:1 | 38% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | 38% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rommelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (204 to 176); teachers down 24% (14.1 to 10.7).
About Rommelt Elementary School
Rommelt Elementary School operates as a very small middle school in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In all, 176 students attend the school in grades 5 through 6. That is 70% below the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
South Williamsport Area SD serves 1,068 students across 3 schools.
At Rommelt Elementary School, 91% of students are White. Other students are 5% multiracial and 2% Black. Census estimates put Lycoming County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Rommelt Elementary School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 10.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.4:1. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Rommelt Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Rommelt Elementary School, the prediction is 49.6% and the result is 41.1%.
In Lycoming County, the median household earns about $63,917 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Lycoming County, 30 public schools serve about 14,288 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Rommelt Elementary School from the closest public school, Central Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.4%; Rommelt Elementary School's is 41.1%, ranking 6th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 176, down from 201 in 2020-21.
Rommelt Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Williamsport Area SD
- South Williamsport Area JSHSHigh · 478 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in South Williamsport
- South Williamsport Area JSHSHigh · 478 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary School0.1 mi · 414
- South Williamsport Area JSHS0.2 mi · 478
- Curtin Intrmd School1.6 mi · 525
- Cochran Primary School1.9 mi · 538
- Loyalsock Twp SHS2.8 mi · 436
- Loyalsock Twp Middle School2.8 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Rommelt Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rommelt Elementary School?
Rommelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 176 students in grades 05-06.
Is Rommelt Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rommelt Elementary School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rommelt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rommelt Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rommelt Elementary School?
Rommelt Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Rommelt Elementary School in?
Rommelt Elementary School is part of South Williamsport Area SD.
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