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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHUYLKILL VALLEY SD·NCES 422097000161
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School
62 Ashley Way, Leesport, PA 19533 · (610) 926-4165 · Berks County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- C-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
14.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
277 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 148 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (148) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (161).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 Schuylkill Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
53.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 53.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 46.9% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Schuylkill Valley Elementary School
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylkill Valley Elementary School this school | 744 | 37.2% | 53.9% |
| Saucon Valley Elementary School Hellertown | 627 | 34.8% | 65.3% |
| Doe Run Elementary School Manheim | 672 | 35.7% | 58.9% |
| Spring Grove Elementary School Spring Grove | 724 | 42.3% | 68.7% |
| Daniel Boone Area Intermediate Cntr Douglassville | 648 | 39.4% | 60.9% |
| Hans Herr Elementary School Lampeter | 611 | 32.6% | 68.5% |
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 Schuylkill Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #762 of 1,396 | #20 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #706 of 1,511 ▲ 124 | #18 of 47 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #848 of 1,511 ▲ 10 | #21 of 47 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #106 of 1,638 | #3 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,161 of 1,528 | #37 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #806 of 1,531 | #23 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #1,202 of 1,600 | #40 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #928 of 1,045 | #29 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
744
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 744 | 51.6 | 14.4:1 | 37% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 50.3 | 14.3:1 | 38% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 52.1 | 14.3:1 | 33% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 31% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 48.3 | 15.9:1 | 34% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 770 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 32% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 821 | 44 | 18.7:1 | 9% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schuylkill Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (768 to 744); teachers up 7% (48.3 to 51.6).
About Schuylkill Valley Elementary School
In Leesport, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Valley Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment stands at 744 students, covering kindergarten through 4. It has 68% more students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School belongs to Schuylkill Valley SD, a district of 3 schools and 2,123 students.
More than half of enrollment at Schuylkill Valley Elementary School is White: 77%. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
The school lists 51.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 37% of the student body. The average for public schools in Berks County is 67%.
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Schuylkill Valley Elementary School is 7.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 53.9%. Predicted: 61.6%.
In Berks County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The county has 95 public schools and about 62,375 students.
The closest school to Schuylkill Valley Elementary School is Schuylkill Valley Middle School, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Schuylkill Valley Elementary School's average proficiency of 53.9% compares with 42.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 764 (2020-21) to 744 (2024-25).
This page is set up for the Schuylkill Valley Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Schuylkill Valley SD
- Schuylkill Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 691 students
- Schuylkill Valley High SchoolHigh · 688 students
Other schools in Leesport
- Schuylkill Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 691 students
- Schuylkill Valley High SchoolHigh · 688 students
- Berks Career and Technology Center-West CampusHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Schuylkill Valley Middle School0.2 mi · 691
- Schuylkill Valley High School0.3 mi · 688
- Andrew Maier Elementary School3.4 mi · 245
- Muhlenberg High School3.8 mi · 1,166
- Perry Elementary School3.9 mi · 327
- Muhlenberg El Center3.9 mi · 1,241
Frequently asked questions
About Schuylkill Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Schuylkill Valley Elementary School?
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 744 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Schuylkill Valley Elementary School serve?
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Schuylkill Valley Elementary School have?
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Schuylkill Valley Elementary School?
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Schuylkill Valley Elementary School?
Schuylkill Valley Elementary School is overseen by Schuylkill Valley SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.