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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN COUNTY SD·NCES 422482007476

Sheffield Area Elementary School

6760 Route 6, Sheffield, PA 16347 · (814) 968-3720 · Warren County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL198 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
  • 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
198
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
203 students
DISTRICT 103% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten3216%
Grade 13216%
Grade 23015%
Grade 34623%
Grade 42714%
Grade 53116%

This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (31).

Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
18191%
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
42%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Two+
126%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
9648%
Female
10252%

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
28.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.2pp since 2023

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2528.4%29.4%
2023-2433.7%29.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation

What 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%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Where Sheffield Area Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
198
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2519813.914.3:1N/A
2023-2420316.212.5:1100% (203)
2022-2320918.511.3:1100% (209)
2020-21197209.8:198% (194)
2017-1821916.413.4:165% (143)
2015-162281515.2:167% (153)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheffield Area Elementary School.

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

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Population
37,920
Census ACS
Median income
$60,480
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,489 students

Quick facts

School name
Sheffield Area Elementary School
District
Warren County SD
Address
6760 Route 6, Sheffield, PA 16347
Phone
(814) 968-3720
County
Warren County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
198
Teachers (FTE)
14
Student–teacher ratio
14.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
203 (103%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
422482007476
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Warren County SD
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Frequently asked questions

About Sheffield Area Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Sheffield Area Elementary School?
Sheffield Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 198 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sheffield Area Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sheffield Area Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sheffield Area Elementary School have?
Sheffield Area Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Sheffield Area Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sheffield Area Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sheffield Area Elementary School in?
Sheffield Area Elementary School is part of Warren County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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