Enrollment
166
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE-LEHMAN SD·NCES 421302002920
Ross Elementary School
5148 Main Rd, Sweet Valley, PA 18656 · (570) 477-5050 · Luzerne County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
79 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Ross Elementary School→Lake-Lehman JSHS
Based on grade levels within Lake-Lehman SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -22.9pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 38.2% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Ross Elementary School
Ross Elementary School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Elementary School this school | 166 | 47.6% | 50.3% |
| Greenock Elementary School McKeesport | 173 | 50.3% | N/A |
| Margaret Ross Elementary School Aliquippa | 185 | 50.3% | 67.9% |
| Carl G Renn Elementary School Lairdsville | 181 | 49.7% | 54.0% |
| Mahantongo Elementary School Klingerstown | 148 | 48.6% | 47.6% |
| Liberty Elementary School Liberty | 185 | 50.8% | 47.0% |
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 Ross Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #859 of 1,396 | #10 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #946 of 1,511 ▲ 46 | #12 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,022 of 1,511 ▼ 478 | #17 of 27 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #1,573 of 1,638 | #34 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #1,039 of 1,600 | #31 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #213 of 1,045 | #2 of 13 |
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
166
-30 (-15%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 128
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 166 | 15.4 | 10.8:1 | 48% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 170 | 17.1 | 10.0:1 | 46% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 16.7 | 10.6:1 | 45% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 196 | 18 | 10.9:1 | 44% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 216 | 22.5 | 9.6:1 | 37% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 20 | 10.6:1 | 31% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 27% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 137 | 5 | 27.4:1 | 34% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 128 | 7 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (216 to 166); teachers down 32% (22.5 to 15.4).
About Ross Elementary School
In Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, Ross Elementary School is a very small elementary school. Enrollment stands at 166 students, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 63% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
In Lake-Lehman SD, 4 schools enroll a combined 1,558 students.
Roughly 92% of students at Ross Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 4% Black and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 76% of Luzerne County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
There are 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ross Elementary School, giving a ratio of 10.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. A total of 79 students, or 48%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Luzerne County averages 85%, higher than here.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Ross Elementary School outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Pennsylvania, Ross Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 50.3% actual against a predicted 57.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Luzerne County show that the median household earns about $63,691 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Luzerne County, 65 public schools serve about 45,209 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Northwest Area Intermediate School, is about 3.8 miles. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ross Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Ross Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 15%, from 196 to 166.
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Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake-Lehman SD
- Lake-Lehman JSHSHigh · 745 students
- Lehman-Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Lake-Noxen Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
Other Ross Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Ross Elementary. Ross Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 15.
- Ross Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 498 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolLancaster, PA · 281 students
- Ross ElementaryMemphis, TN · 665 students
- Ross ElementaryTopeka, KS · 563 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Area Intermediate School3.8 mi · 260
- Northwest Area High School6.3 mi · 406
- Northwest Area Primary School6.8 mi · 215
- Lake-Lehman JSHS7.2 mi · 745
- Lehman-Jackson Elementary School7.5 mi · 411
- Lake-Noxen Elementary School7.8 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About Ross Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ross Elementary School?
Ross Elementary School enrolls approximately 166 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ross Elementary School serve?
Ross Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ross Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ross Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ross Elementary School?
At Ross Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Ross Elementary School in?
Ross Elementary School is part of Lake-Lehman SD.
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