Enrollment
130
Elementary
DISTRICT 128 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALISBURY-ELK LICK SD·NCES 422076006818
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School
196 Smith Ave, Salisbury, PA 15558 · (814) 662-2733 · Somerset County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
9.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
82 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 25 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 47% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School→Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS
Based on grade levels within Salisbury-Elk Lick SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
65.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +13.7pp 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 65.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 51.5% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School this school | 130 | 63.1% | 62.2% |
| Preston School Lakewood | 143 | 62.9% | 51.2% |
| Charlotte Lappla Elementary School Wellsboro | 156 | 59.6% | N/A |
| Rockhill Elementary School Rockhill Furnace | 148 | 57.4% | 57.7% |
| Penn Cambria Pre-Primary Cresson | 103 | 58.3% | N/A |
| Reserve Primary School Pittsburgh | 111 | 59.5% | 76.4% |
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 Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #520 of 1,396 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #392 of 1,511 ▲ 320 | #3 of 11 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #340 of 1,511 ▲ 496 | #3 of 11 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #1,605 of 1,638 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #788 of 1,600 | #5 of 11 |
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
130
-22 (-14%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 130 | 13.5 | 9.6:1 | 63% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 128 | 14.9 | 8.6:1 | 64% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 127 | 13.8 | 9.2:1 | 63% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 12 | 12.7:1 | 52% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 154 | 13.4 | 11.5:1 | 54% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 139 | 11 | 12.6:1 | 50% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 121 | 14 | 8.6:1 | 48% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 49% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 15 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (154 to 130); teachers up 1% (13.4 to 13.5).
About Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School is a small elementary school in Salisbury, Pennsylvania, under Salisbury-Elk Lick SD. A total of 130 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 71% smaller than average.
Salisbury-Elk Lick SD counts 255 students in its 2 schools, and Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School is one of them.
The large majority of students at Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School, 95%, are White. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School comes in at 10%.
With 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School was 9.6:1. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 68% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.2%, compared with a predicted 50.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Somerset County, median household income is about $61,446, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Somerset County number 29 and enroll about 8,271.
Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School went from 152 students to 130. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
The Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,799
Census ACS
Median income
$61,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
8,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS0.0 mi · 125
- Meyersdale Area Middle School3.9 mi · 163
- Meyersdale Area High School3.9 mi · 246
- Meyersdale Area Elementary School4.0 mi · 338
- Grantsville Elementary5.4 mi · 204
- Route 40 Elementary6.0 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School?
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School enrolls approximately 130 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School serve?
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School is approximately 9.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School?
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School public or private?
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salisbury-Elk Lick SD.
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