Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 279 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT UNION AREA SD·NCES 421602002291
Shirley Twp Elementary School
14188 Second St, Mount Union, PA 17066 · (814) 542-9381 · Huntingdon County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- CBeats 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
9.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
270 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 100 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 34% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 Mount Union Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
25.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.7% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 31.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Shirley Twp Elementary School
Shirley Twp Elementary School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Twp Elementary School this school | 279 | 96.8% | 32.0% |
| Baker Elementary School Altoona | 263 | 98.9% | 69.9% |
| Emily Brittain Elementary School Butler | 255 | 95.7% | 49.4% |
| Menallen School Uniontown | 318 | 99.7% | 51.6% |
| Irving Elementary School Altoona | 267 | 98.9% | 70.5% |
| Neason Hill Elementary School Meadville | 333 | 97.6% | 40.0% |
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 Shirley Twp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Huntingdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,150 of 1,396 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,197 of 1,511 ▼ 91 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #1,270 of 1,511 ▲ 52 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #1,318 of 1,638 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #46 of 1,528 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #940 of 1,531 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #513 of 1,600 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #516 of 1,045 | N/A |
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
279
+23 (+9%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 279 | 29.3 | 9.5:1 | 97% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 28.6 | 9.4:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 30 | 8.8:1 | 100% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 30 | 8.5:1 | 99% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 28.3 | 11.4:1 | 100% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 78% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 51% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 41% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 267 | 18 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shirley Twp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (321 to 279); teachers up 4% (28.3 to 29.3).
About Shirley Twp Elementary School
Shirley Twp Elementary School is a public elementary school in Mount Union, Pennsylvania. Its 279 students are spread across grades 3 through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
The district, Mount Union Area SD, has 1,101 students enrolled across 4 schools.
White students make up 81% of enrollment at Shirley Twp Elementary School. Smaller groups are 13% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Huntingdon County is roughly 90% White. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1 at Shirley Twp Elementary School, with 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.5 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 97%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Huntingdon County.
Shirley Twp Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Shirley Twp Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.0% is 4.1 points below the 36.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Huntingdon County, the median household income is $65,557, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Huntingdon County is home to 17 public schools and about 4,454 public school students.
Mount Union-Kistler Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Shirley Twp Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Shirley Twp Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Shirley Twp Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The school enrolled 279 students in 2024-25, 23 more than the 256 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.5:1 in 2020-21 to 9.5:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Huntingdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,653
Census ACS
Median income
$65,557
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Union Area SD
- Mount Union Area SHSHigh · 323 students
- Mount Union-Kistler Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Mount Union Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 221 students
Other schools in Mount Union
- Mount Union Area SHSHigh · 323 students
- Mount Union-Kistler Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Mount Union Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Union-Kistler Elementary School0.6 mi · 278
- Mount Union Area SHS1.3 mi · 323
- Mount Union Area Junior High School1.3 mi · 221
- Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center5.3 mi · 5
- Rockhill Elementary School9.1 mi · 148
- New Day CS10.9 mi · 139
Frequently asked questions
About Shirley Twp Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Shirley Twp Elementary School?
Shirley Twp Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 03-05.
Is Shirley Twp Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shirley Twp Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Shirley Twp Elementary School have?
Shirley Twp Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Shirley Twp Elementary School?
Student demographics at Shirley Twp Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Shirley Twp Elementary School in?
Shirley Twp Elementary School is part of Mount Union Area SD.
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