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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANON-MCMILLAN SD·NCES 420489004937
South Central Elementary School
230 S Central Ave, Canonsburg, PA 15317 · (724) 745-4475 · Washington County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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.
- B-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
13.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
216 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 10% larger than its 4th grade class (93).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
53.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 60.7% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 South Central Elementary School
South Central Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Central Elementary School this school | 450 | 48.0% | 61.0% |
| Chestnut Hill Elementary School Erie | 403 | 51.9% | 69.6% |
| Lakeview Elementary School Ridley Park | 403 | 43.2% | 53.3% |
| Rolling Ridge Elementary School Erie | 472 | 45.3% | 75.0% |
| Red Mill Elementary School Etters | 457 | 45.7% | 71.3% |
| East High Street Elementary School Elizabethtown | 466 | 50.9% | 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 South Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #564 of 1,396 | #15 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #524 of 1,511 ▼ 48 | #13 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #631 of 1,511 ▲ 82 | #16 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #687 of 1,638 | #14 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #933 of 1,528 | #13 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #739 of 1,531 | #4 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #1,032 of 1,600 | #15 of 25 |
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
450
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 450 | 33.2 | 13.5:1 | 48% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 31.4 | 13.9:1 | 49% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 30.1 | 14.3:1 | 44% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 37% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 28.3 | 15.9:1 | 36% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 28% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 22 | 15.0:1 | 44% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 20 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (450 to 450); teachers up 17% (28.3 to 33.2).
About South Central Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, South Central Elementary School is part of Canon-McMillan SD. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 450 students enrolled.
Canon-McMillan SD oversees South Central Elementary School and 8 other schools, with 5,390 students in total.
About 76% of the student body at South Central Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 90% of Washington County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
The school's 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. At South Central Elementary School, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 49% average for public schools in Washington County.
South Central 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 56% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.0%.
The school's county is Washington County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 26,079, South Central Elementary School among them.
Canon-McMillan SHS is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. South Central Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 66.4% on proficiency, and South Central Elementary School is below that at 61.0%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 453 to 450. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.6:1 in 2020-21, and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canon-McMillan SD
- Canon-McMillan SHSHigh · 1,660 students
- Canon-McMillan Middle SchoolMiddle · 836 students
- Muse Elementary SchoolElementary · 759 students
- North Strabane Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 415 students
- Cecil Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- Wylandville Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in Canonsburg
- Canon-McMillan SHSHigh · 1,660 students
- Canon-McMillan Middle SchoolMiddle · 836 students
- North Strabane Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 415 students
- Borland Manor Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Hills-Hendersonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
- Western Area Career and Technology Center - Washington CntyHigh · 10 students
Other South Central Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named South Central Elementary. South Central Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- South Central Elementary SchoolUnion Mills, IN · 523 students
- South Central Elementary SchoolGreenwich, OH · 372 students
- South Central ElementaryElizabeth, IN · 344 students
- South Central ElementaryChuckey, TN · 171 students
- South Central Elementary SchoolProtection, KS · 121 students
Nearby schools
- Canon-McMillan SHS0.6 mi · 1,660
- Borland Manor Elementary School1.0 mi · 273
- Canon-McMillan Middle School1.1 mi · 836
- North Strabane Intrmd School1.1 mi · 415
- Chartiers-Houston JSHS2.2 mi · 539
- Muse Elementary School2.6 mi · 759
Frequently asked questions
About South Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend South Central Elementary School?
South Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-04.
Is South Central Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Central Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does South Central Elementary School have?
South Central Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at South Central Elementary School?
Student demographics at South Central Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is South Central Elementary School in?
South Central Elementary School is part of Canon-McMillan SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.