Sheffield Area Elementary School
- C-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (31).
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 29.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
Where Sheffield Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,139 of 1,396 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #1,167 of 1,511 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #1,230 of 1,511 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 198 | #1,535 of 1,638 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #191 of 1,600 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #668 of 1,045 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 198 | 13.9 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 16.2 | 12.5:1 | 100% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 18.5 | 11.3:1 | 100% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 98% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 16.4 | 13.4:1 | 65% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 15 | 15.2:1 | 67% (153) |
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (219 to 198); teachers down 15% (16.4 to 13.9).
About Sheffield Area Elementary School
Sheffield Area Elementary School is an elementary school in Sheffield, Pennsylvania, reachable at (814) 968-3720. It serves 198 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 55% smaller than that.
Federal data list 9 schools in Warren County SD, with 3,796 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Sheffield Area Elementary School, with 91% of enrollment. Next come 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The White share in Warren County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The chance that two students picked at random at Sheffield Area Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
The school employs the equivalent of 13.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.3:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1.
Sheffield Area Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sheffield Area Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.0% actual, 33.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Warren County (population about 37,920), median household income is about $60,480, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Sheffield Area Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Warren County, which together enroll about 4,489 students.
The nearest public school is Sheffield Area MS/HS, at less than a tenth of a mile. Sheffield Area Elementary School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 197 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 198. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.8:1 to 14.3:1.
The Sheffield Area Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- Warren Area High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Warren Area El CenterElementary · 664 students
- Beaty-Warren Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Eisenhower MS/HSHigh · 425 students
- Youngsville MS/HSHigh · 355 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Sheffield Area MS/HS0.0 mi · 211
- Beaty-Warren Middle School10.2 mi · 662
- Warren Area High School10.8 mi · 704
- Warren Area El Center10.8 mi · 664
- Kane Area Elementary School12.7 mi · 405
- Kane Area Middle School12.7 mi · 218