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What's something Shenandoah Valley El Sch does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENANDOAH VALLEY SD·NCES 422149003938
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School
805 West Centre Street, Shenandoah, PA 17976 · (570) 462-2796 · Schuylkill County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
693 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 150 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 44% larger than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School→Shenandoah Valley JSHS
Based on grade levels within Shenandoah Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
17.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 18.7% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Shenandoah Valley Elementary School
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah Valley Elementary School this school | 726 | 95.5% | 28.3% |
| McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS McAdoo | 900 | 97.4% | 21.0% |
| Muhlenberg Elementary School Allentown | 606 | 97.5% | 31.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Allentown | 631 | 98.4% | 19.9% |
| Sheridan Elementary School Allentown | 591 | 97.1% | 19.2% |
| Freeland El/MS Freeland | 991 | 95.4% | 22.9% |
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 Shenandoah Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Schuylkill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,196 of 1,396 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,315 of 1,511 ▼ 33 | #14 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,286 of 1,511 ▼ 79 | #14 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #121 of 1,638 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #541 of 1,528 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #560 of 1,531 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #552 of 1,600 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.2% | #95 of 450 | #1 of 7 |
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
726
+180 (+33%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 726 | 58.9 | 12.3:1 | 95% (693) |
| 2023-24 | 692 | 55.4 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 52.4 | 12.7:1 | 100% (667) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 47 | 11.6:1 | 100% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 47.4 | 12.8:1 | 99% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 44 | 12.6:1 | 100% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 75% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 65% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 19 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shenandoah Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (609 to 726); teachers up 24% (47.4 to 58.9).
About Shenandoah Valley Elementary School
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 726 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 64% higher.
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School is a school in Shenandoah Valley SD. The district has 2 schools and 1,272 students.
Of every 100 students at Shenandoah Valley Elementary School, about 64 are Hispanic. The school is also 30% White and 4% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 8%. The diversity index for Shenandoah Valley Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Shenandoah Valley Elementary School has a ratio of 12.3:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 95%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Schuylkill County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Shenandoah Valley Elementary School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.3%) and its predicted rate (36.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
The school's county is Schuylkill County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $68,313 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Schuylkill County number 35, with about 18,259 students.
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Shenandoah Valley JSHS, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Shenandoah Valley Elementary School holds 4 other public schools. Shenandoah Valley Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.3% against a local average of 32.9%.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count increased 33% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Shenandoah Valley Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Shenandoah Valley Elementary. Shenandoah Valley Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.CHESTERFIELD, MO · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Shenandoah Valley JSHS0.0 mi · 546
- Schuylkill Technology Centers-North Campus3.2 mi · 1
- Mahanoy Area Elementary School3.2 mi · 589
- Mahanoy Area JSHS3.2 mi · 543
- North Schuylkill Elementary School5.3 mi · 1,064
- North Schuylkill JSHS5.3 mi · 1,003
Frequently asked questions
About Shenandoah Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Shenandoah Valley Elementary School?
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-06.
Is Shenandoah Valley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Shenandoah Valley Elementary School have?
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
How diverse is Shenandoah Valley Elementary School?
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 64% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Shenandoah Valley Elementary School public or private?
Shenandoah Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shenandoah Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.