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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW KENSINGTON-ARNOLD SD·NCES 421674007538
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School
1701 Alcoa Dr, Arnold, PA 15068 · (724) 335-2511 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
585 students
DISTRICT 104% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 177 | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 155 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 146 | 24% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School→Valley JSHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within New Kensington-Arnold SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.2pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 22.3% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Roy A. Hunt Elementary School
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy A. Hunt Elementary School this school | 609 | 96.1% | 26.2% |
| Henry Charles W School Philadelphia | 518 | 95.8% | 56.9% |
| Central Elementary School Beaver Falls | 466 | 97.9% | 41.1% |
| Bache-Martin School Philadelphia | 614 | 92.3% | 43.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Erie | 447 | 98.0% | 15.9% |
| Washington Park Elementary School Washington | 864 | 98.3% | 32.7% |
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 Roy A. Hunt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #1,227 of 1,396 | #36 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,299 of 1,511 ▼ 65 | #37 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,362 of 1,511 ▼ 85 | #37 of 38 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #253 of 1,638 | #6 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #418 of 1,528 | #6 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #127 of 1,531 | #1 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #538 of 1,600 | #10 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #697 of 1,045 | #21 of 33 |
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
609
+36 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 609 | 51 | 11.9:1 | 96% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 49 | 11.9:1 | 100% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 100% (607) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 99% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 54 | 12.4:1 | 100% (669) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 56 | 12.5:1 | 100% (695) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roy A. Hunt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (669 to 609); teachers down 6% (54 to 51).
About Roy A. Hunt Elementary School
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Arnold, Pennsylvania. In all, 609 students attend the school in grades 3 through 6. That puts enrollment 37% larger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School belongs to New Kensington-Arnold SD, a district of 4 schools and 1,950 students.
Of every 100 students at Roy A. Hunt Elementary School, about 36 are Black, the largest group. Smaller groups are 36% White, 23% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Westmoreland County is roughly 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Roy A. Hunt Elementary School, there are about 11.9 students; the school has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. There are 585 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 96% of enrollment. Across public schools in Westmoreland County, the average is 53%.
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The model predicts 36.4% for a school in Pennsylvania with Roy A. Hunt Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Roy A. Hunt Elementary School posts 26.2%.
The school is in Westmoreland County, where the median household earns about $74,109 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Roy A. Hunt Elementary School shares Westmoreland County with 84 other public schools.
About 0.1 miles separate Roy A. Hunt Elementary School from the closest public school, Berkey School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.9%; Roy A. Hunt Elementary School's is 26.2%, ranking 4th of 5.
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 573 to 609.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Roy A. Hunt Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 New Kensington-Arnold SD
- Valley JSHSHigh · 905 students
- Berkey SchoolElementary · 289 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 147 students
Nearby schools
- Berkey School0.1 mi · 289
- Northern Westmoreland Career & Technology Center0.7 mi · 7
- Valley JSHS0.7 mi · 905
- Martin School1.3 mi · 147
- Highlands Elementary School1.8 mi · 559
- Stewart Elementary School2.0 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Roy A. Hunt Elementary SchoolHow large is Roy A. Hunt Elementary School?
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does Roy A. Hunt Elementary School serve?
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Roy A. Hunt Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Roy A. Hunt Elementary School.
How diverse is Roy A. Hunt Elementary School?
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School reports a student body of 36% White, 4% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 23% Two or more.
Is Roy A. Hunt Elementary School public or private?
Roy A. Hunt Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Kensington-Arnold SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.