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Enrollment
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLE VERNON AREA SD·NCES 420321004325
Rostraver Elementary School
300 Crest Ave, Belle Vernon, PA 15012 · (724) 808-2500 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
654 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (94).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Based on grade levels within Belle Vernon Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -19.8pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 64.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Rostraver Elementary School
Rostraver Elementary School's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rostraver Elementary School this school | 660 | 99.1% | 65.6% |
| Iroquois Elementary School Erie | 557 | 97.5% | 53.8% |
| Marion Elementary School Belle Vernon | 635 | 99.5% | 48.7% |
| Scotland Elementary School Chambersburg | 460 | 95.2% | 49.1% |
| Windber Elementary School Windber | 617 | 99.5% | 58.0% |
| South St Marys Street Elementary School Saint Marys | 583 | 97.3% | 52.6% |
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 Rostraver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #430 of 1,396 | #20 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #553 of 1,511 ▼ 182 | #21 of 38 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #583 of 1,511 ▼ 366 | #24 of 38 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #178 of 1,638 | #3 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,444 of 1,528 | #38 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #874 of 1,531 | #8 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #375 of 1,600 | #6 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #195 of 450 | #6 of 8 |
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
660
+73 (+12%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 660 | 39.4 | 16.8:1 | 99% (654) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 36.7 | 17.8:1 | 100% (651) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 37.7 | 17.2:1 | 45% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 35% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 33.8 | 17.9:1 | 34% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 28% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 27% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 32 | 21.7:1 | 28% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 27 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rostraver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (606 to 660); teachers up 17% (33.8 to 39.4).
About Rostraver Elementary School
Rostraver Elementary School serves students in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 660 students are in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 49% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Belle Vernon Area SD operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,416 students.
Roughly 80% of students at Rostraver Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Westmoreland County, the White share is about 92%. Rostraver Elementary School's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1 at Rostraver Elementary School, with 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.7 above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 99%. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Rostraver Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rostraver Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 30.5 points. The model expects 35.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 65.6%.
Westmoreland County census figures show that the median household income is $74,109, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Westmoreland County is home to 85 public schools and about 41,302 public school students.
The closest public school to Rostraver Elementary School is Belle Vernon Area High School, about 0.2 miles away. Rostraver Elementary School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Rostraver Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 65.6% versus a 39.6% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 73 more students in 2024-25.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belle Vernon Area SD
- Belle Vernon Area High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Marion Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Belle Vernon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
Other schools in Belle Vernon
- Belle Vernon Area High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Marion Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Belle Vernon Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Belle Vernon Area High School0.2 mi · 735
- West Newton Elementary School3.1 mi · 181
- Monessen Middle School4.0 mi · 128
- Monessen SHS4.0 mi · 193
- Monessen El Center4.3 mi · 330
- Marion Elementary School4.5 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Rostraver Elementary SchoolHow large is Rostraver Elementary School?
Rostraver Elementary School enrolls approximately 660 students in grades KG-06.
Is Rostraver Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rostraver Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Rostraver Elementary School have?
Rostraver Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rostraver Elementary School?
At Rostraver Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rostraver Elementary School public or private?
Rostraver Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belle Vernon Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.