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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SHORE SD·NCES 422583001738
Rossmoyne Elementary School
1225 Rossmoyne Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 · (223) 225-9729 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
214 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (85).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 55.2% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Rossmoyne Elementary School
Rossmoyne Elementary School's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossmoyne Elementary School this school | 417 | 51.3% | 62.1% |
| York Twp Elementary School York | 415 | 50.6% | 49.1% |
| Blair Mill Elementary Hatboro | 361 | 53.7% | 60.5% |
| Manor Elementary School Levittown | 434 | 50.2% | 57.6% |
| Annville Elementary School Annville | 429 | 50.6% | 56.8% |
| Stony Brook Elementary School York | 484 | 53.9% | 55.5% |
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 Rossmoyne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #521 of 1,396 | #13 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #401 of 1,511 ▲ 207 | #6 of 34 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #341 of 1,511 ▲ 414 | #7 of 34 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #812 of 1,638 | #17 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #724 of 1,528 | #10 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #338 of 1,531 | #11 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #975 of 1,600 | #15 of 37 |
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
417
+227 (+119%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 417 | 32.3 | 12.9:1 | 51% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 33.6 | 14.2:1 | 45% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 37.9 | 12.4:1 | 46% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 34% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 198 | 13.5 | 14.7:1 | 35% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | 32% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 178 | 12 | 14.8:1 | 18% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 9% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 227 | 13 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rossmoyne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 111% (198 to 417); teachers up 140% (13.5 to 32.3).
About Rossmoyne Elementary School
Rossmoyne Elementary School is a public elementary school run by West Shore SD in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 417 students, covering kindergarten through 4.
Rossmoyne Elementary School is part of a district of 15 schools: West Shore SD, with 7,705 students.
More than half of enrollment at Rossmoyne Elementary School is White: 60%. Next come 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. The county population is about 82% White. The diversity index for Rossmoyne Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rossmoyne Elementary School is 12.9:1, based on 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. Rossmoyne Elementary School counts 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is 41%.
Rossmoyne Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rossmoyne Elementary School is +6.5 points: 62.1% actual, 55.6% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Cumberland County show that the median household earns about $87,494 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Cumberland County, 57 public schools serve about 33,044 students.
Rossmoyne Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Allen Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Rossmoyne Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Rossmoyne Elementary School at 3rd of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts for Rossmoyne Elementary School: 190 students in 2020-21, 417 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.
On allk12, people connected to Rossmoyne Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Shore SD
- Cedar Cliff High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Red Land SHSHigh · 1,061 students
- Fairview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Old Trail Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Red Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Mechanicsburg
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
Nearby schools
- Allen Middle School0.9 mi · 272
- Kindergarten Academy2.4 mi · 321
- Sporting Hill Elementary School2.5 mi · 580
- Mechanicsburg Middle School2.5 mi · 1,112
- Upper Allen Elementary School2.6 mi · 321
- Shepherdstown Elementary School2.6 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Rossmoyne Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rossmoyne Elementary School?
Rossmoyne Elementary School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades KG-04.
Is Rossmoyne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rossmoyne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Rossmoyne Elementary School have?
Rossmoyne Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rossmoyne Elementary School?
At Rossmoyne Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Rossmoyne Elementary School public or private?
Rossmoyne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Shore SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.