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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELAWARE VALLEY SD·NCES 420753003866
Shohola Elementary School
940 Twin Lakes Road, Shohola, PA 18458 · (570) 296-3600 · Pike County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- 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
13.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
159 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.5pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 50.8% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Shohola Elementary School
Shohola Elementary School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shohola Elementary School this school | 421 | 37.8% | 59.8% |
| Patricia A Guth Elementary School Perkasie | 399 | 40.6% | 66.3% |
| Lititz Elementary School Lititz | 439 | 41.2% | 59.5% |
| Schwenksville Elementary School Schwenksville | 474 | 35.9% | 64.9% |
| Schnecksville School Schnecksville | 465 | 39.4% | 68.8% |
| Daniel Boone Area Primary Center Birdsboro | 392 | 40.6% | N/A |
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 Shohola Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Pike County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #597 of 1,396 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #665 of 1,511 ▲ 72 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #689 of 1,511 ▼ 250 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #792 of 1,638 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #886 of 1,528 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #901 of 1,531 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,192 of 1,600 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #967 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
421
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
+276% since 1990-91, when it was 112
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 421 | 31.4 | 13.4:1 | 38% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 31.4 | 12.8:1 | 40% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 33.4 | 13.0:1 | 40% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 36% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 33.6 | 12.8:1 | 31% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 25% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 24% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 9% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 112 | 8 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shohola Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (430 to 421); teachers down 6% (33.6 to 31.4).
About Shohola Elementary School
Located in Shohola, Pennsylvania, Shohola Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 421 students in 2024-25.
The Delaware Valley SD system has 7 schools and 4,248 students.
The largest group at Shohola Elementary School is White students, at 80%. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Pike County residents are about 79% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shohola Elementary School scores 34%.
Shohola Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, with 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. The school has 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Pike County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Shohola 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 47% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Shohola Elementary School is 1.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 59.8% actual, 61.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
For the population of Pike County, median household income comes to about $81,323, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pike County's 14 public schools enroll about 8,615 students and include Shohola Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Shohola Elementary School is closest to Dingman-Delaware Elementary School, about 6.6 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. On average proficiency, Shohola Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Shohola Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose 5% over 4 years, reaching 421 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Shohola Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,621
Census ACS
Median income
$81,323
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
8,615 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delaware Valley SD
- Delaware Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Dingman-Delaware Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Dingman-Delaware Primary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Delaware Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Dingman-Delaware Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Delaware Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Dingman-Delaware Elementary School6.6 mi · 470
- Dingman-Delaware Primary School6.7 mi · 493
- Dingman-Delaware Middle School6.8 mi · 532
- Montague Township School8.2 mi · 329
- Delaware Valley Middle School8.3 mi · 466
- GEORGE ROSS MACKENZIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.3 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Shohola Elementary SchoolHow large is Shohola Elementary School?
Shohola Elementary School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Shohola Elementary School serve?
Shohola Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shohola Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Shohola Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shohola Elementary School?
At Shohola Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Shohola Elementary School in?
Shohola Elementary School is part of Delaware Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.