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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SENECA VALLEY SD·NCES 422244001179
Rowan Elementary School
8051 Rowan Rd, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066 · (724) 776-1518 · Butler County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
97 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (111).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
71.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
75.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 75.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.6% | 73.7% |
% 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Rowan Elementary School
Rowan Elementary School's state test result (76.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowan Elementary School this school | 494 | 19.6% | 76.3% |
| Avonworth Elementary School Pittsburgh | 478 | 21.5% | 69.3% |
| East Bradford Elementary School West Chester | 455 | 17.4% | 75.4% |
| Culbertson Elementary School Newtown Square | 523 | 19.5% | 68.2% |
| Indian Lane Elementary School Media | 470 | 19.6% | 78.8% |
| East Goshen Elementary School West Chester | 510 | 18.8% | 77.6% |
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 Rowan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #174 of 1,396 | #1 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #186 of 1,511 ▼ 4 | #1 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #187 of 1,511 ▲ 36 | #2 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #550 of 1,638 | #12 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #746 of 1,528 | #9 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #991 of 1,531 | #4 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #1,439 of 1,600 | #17 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #325 of 450 | #8 of 10 |
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
494
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 494 | 38.2 | 12.9:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 36.9 | 13.7:1 | 19% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 36.8 | 14.3:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 31.9 | 14.9:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 811 | 45 | 18.0:1 | 1% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 32 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rowan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (474 to 494); teachers up 20% (31.9 to 38.2).
About Rowan Elementary School
Rowan Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Cranberry Twp, Pennsylvania. It teaches 494 students in kindergarten through 4.
Seneca Valley SD is the local district for Rowan Elementary School. It runs 8 schools with 7,439 students.
Rowan Elementary School is 84% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. In Butler County overall, about 93% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rowan Elementary School scores 29%.
The school had 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 20%. That is 17 points below the 37% average for public schools in Butler County.
Rowan Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Test results at Rowan Elementary School are 7.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (76.3% actual, 69.2% predicted).
In Butler County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $89,843 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Rowan Elementary School, Butler County has 39 public schools.
Rowan Elementary School's nearest public school is Haine Elementary School (about 1.8 miles). There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Rowan Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.6 to 12.9 over 4 years.
The Rowan Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seneca Valley SD
- Seneca Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,282 students
- Ryan Gloyer Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,157 students
- Ehrman Crest Elementary SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Haine Elementary SchoolElementary · 791 students
- Connoquenessing Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- Ehrman Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
Other schools in Cranberry Twp
- Haine Elementary SchoolElementary · 791 students
- Haine Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
Other Rowan Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rowan Elementary. Rowan Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Rowan ElementaryHATTIESBURG, MS · 425 students
- Rowan ElementarySan Diego, CA · 205 students
Nearby schools
- Haine Elementary School1.8 mi · 791
- Haine Middle School1.8 mi · 522
- Ehrman Crest Elementary School2.5 mi · 837
- Ehrman Crest Middle School2.5 mi · 642
- Marshall Middle School4.2 mi · 847
- Marshall Elementary School4.3 mi · 800
Frequently asked questions
About Rowan Elementary SchoolHow large is Rowan Elementary School?
Rowan Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Rowan Elementary School serve?
Rowan Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Rowan Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Rowan Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rowan Elementary School?
At Rowan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Rowan Elementary School in?
Rowan Elementary School is part of Seneca Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.