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How has Selinsgrove Intrmd Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SELINSGROVE AREA SD·NCES 422112000293
Selinsgrove Intrmd School
301 North 18th St, Selinsgrove, PA 17870 · (570) 372-2270 · Snyder County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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
13.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
261 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 181 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 187 | 35% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Selinsgrove Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 56.7% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Selinsgrove Intrmd School
Selinsgrove Intrmd School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selinsgrove Intrmd School this school | 535 | 48.8% | 61.4% |
| Stanwood Elementary School New Stanton | 518 | 47.3% | 68.8% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School Pine Grove | 563 | 48.1% | 65.9% |
| Lackawanna Trail El Center Factoryville | 505 | 50.9% | 53.8% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Montgomery | 504 | 50.2% | 56.0% |
| Moscow Elementary School Moscow | 581 | 48.0% | 64.0% |
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 Selinsgrove Intrmd School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #547 of 1,396 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #551 of 1,511 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #637 of 1,511 ▼ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #426 of 1,638 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #827 of 1,528 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #1,226 of 1,531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #1,019 of 1,600 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #846 of 1,045 |
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
535
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 535 | 40.5 | 13.2:1 | 49% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 38.5 | 13.8:1 | 49% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 40.1 | 13.8:1 | 45% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 46% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 38.6 | 14.6:1 | 39% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 41% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 35% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 27% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selinsgrove Intrmd School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (564 to 535); teachers up 5% (38.6 to 40.5).
About Selinsgrove Intrmd School
The public elementary school Selinsgrove Intrmd School is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. The school has 535 students in 2024-25 across grades 3 through 5. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 21% larger than average.
Selinsgrove Area SD is responsible for 4 schools, Selinsgrove Intrmd School included, with 2,283 students in all.
The share of students at Selinsgrove Intrmd School who are White is 90%. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 18, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Of all students at Selinsgrove Intrmd School, 49% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Snyder County average 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Selinsgrove Intrmd School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.7%. Selinsgrove Intrmd School scores 61.4%.
The county, Snyder County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $66,876, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 8, with about 4,190 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Selinsgrove Area Middle School, is the closest to Selinsgrove Intrmd School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 53.4% proficiency; Selinsgrove Intrmd School posts 61.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
The school's size has been steady, with 531 students in 2020-21 and 535 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.2:1) than in 2020-21 (15.2:1).
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Snyder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,668
Census ACS
Median income
$66,876
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
4,190 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Selinsgrove Area SD
- Selinsgrove Area High SchoolHigh · 744 students
- Selinsgrove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Selinsgrove Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Selinsgrove
- Selinsgrove Area High SchoolHigh · 744 students
- Selinsgrove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Selinsgrove Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Selinsgrove Area Middle School0.2 mi · 532
- Selinsgrove Area High School0.3 mi · 744
- Selinsgrove Area Elementary School0.4 mi · 472
- Shikellamy High School5.7 mi · 855
- Chief Shikellamy School7.0 mi · 614
- Oaklyn School7.0 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Selinsgrove Intrmd SchoolHow many students attend Selinsgrove Intrmd School?
Selinsgrove Intrmd School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Selinsgrove Intrmd School serve?
Selinsgrove Intrmd School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Selinsgrove Intrmd School have?
Selinsgrove Intrmd School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Selinsgrove Intrmd School?
Selinsgrove Intrmd School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Selinsgrove Intrmd School?
Selinsgrove Intrmd School is overseen by Selinsgrove Area SD in Snyder County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.