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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARPSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 422142000618
Sharpsville Area Elementary School
100 Hittle Drive, Sharpsville, PA 16150 · (724) 962-7455 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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
16.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
203 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 Sharpsville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.0pp since 2023
Math
57.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp 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 58 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 57.2% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Sharpsville Area Elementary School
Sharpsville Area Elementary School's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpsville Area Elementary School this school | 446 | 45.5% | 59.1% |
| Fort Allen Elementary School Greensburg | 480 | 47.1% | 65.4% |
| Red Mill Elementary School Etters | 457 | 45.7% | 71.3% |
| Edinboro Elementary School Edinboro | 414 | 47.8% | 73.2% |
| Kiski Area North Primary School Leechburg | 447 | 43.8% | 64.8% |
| Ward L Myers Elementary School Muncy | 451 | 48.6% | 53.5% |
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 Sharpsville Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #623 of 1,396 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #597 of 1,511 ▼ 35 | #6 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #855 of 1,511 ▼ 354 | #11 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #704 of 1,638 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,433 of 1,528 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #1,033 of 1,531 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.5% | #1,069 of 1,600 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #595 of 1,045 | #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
446
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 46% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 45% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 49% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 30.8 | 16.4:1 | 49% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 44% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 40% (245) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharpsville Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (503 to 446); teachers down 12% (30.8 to 27).
About Sharpsville Area Elementary School
Sharpsville Area Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 446 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
The 3 schools in Sharpsville Area SD enroll 989 students altogether, Sharpsville Area Elementary School among them.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Among Mercer County residents, the White share is about 88%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Sharpsville Area Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.5 students per teacher, from 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Mercer County is 71%.
Sharpsville Area Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 58.1%. Sharpsville Area Elementary School scores 59.1%.
Looking at the county, Mercer County, median household income comes to about $59,976, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 37, with about 12,815 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Sharpsville Area Elementary School from the closest public school, Sharpsville Area SHS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sharpsville Area Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 28 students, from 418 to 446. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.9:1 to 16.5:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,257
Census ACS
Median income
$59,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
12,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sharpsville Area SD
- Sharpsville Area SHSHigh · 326 students
- Sharpsville Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 217 students
Other schools in Sharpsville
- Sharpsville Area SHSHigh · 326 students
- Sharpsville Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Sharpsville Area SHS0.1 mi · 326
- Sharpsville Area Middle School0.1 mi · 217
- Sharon High School1.6 mi · 532
- Sharon Middle School1.6 mi · 254
- Case Avenue Elementary School1.7 mi · 483
- Karen A. Ionta Elementary School1.7 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About Sharpsville Area Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sharpsville Area Elementary School?
Sharpsville Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sharpsville Area Elementary School serve?
Sharpsville Area Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sharpsville Area Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sharpsville Area Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sharpsville Area Elementary School?
At Sharpsville Area Elementary School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Sharpsville Area Elementary School public or private?
Sharpsville Area Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sharpsville Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.