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What's one thing Southmoreland El Sch gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHMORELAND SD·NCES 422241006932
Southmoreland El Sch
100 Scottie Way, Scottdale, PA 15683 · (724) 887-2021 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
353 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Southmoreland SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.6pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 down about 7 points.
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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
548
-58 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.4:1
% White
93%
was 95%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Southmoreland El Sch
As a medium-sized K-5 school in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, Southmoreland El Sch enrolls 548 students from grades 2 through 5, operated by Southmoreland SD. Enrollment runs roughly 24% above the state mean of about 443.
Southmoreland SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,801 students. Southmoreland El Sch is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Southmoreland El Sch logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Southmoreland El Sch has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Southmoreland El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 64% of students at Southmoreland El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Westmoreland County's rate of about 53%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southmoreland El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 44.5%, a residual of -5.5 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put median household earnings sit near $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Westmoreland County runs 85 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students), of which Southmoreland El Sch is one.
Nearest neighbor: Southmoreland MS, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Southmoreland El Sch at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southmoreland El Sch has contracted 10%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for Southmoreland El Sch typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southmoreland SD
- Southmoreland SHSHigh · 566 students
- Southmoreland MSMiddle · 410 students
- Southmoreland Primary CenterElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- Southmoreland MS0.0 mi · 410
- Southmoreland Primary Center1.9 mi · 277
- Southmoreland SHS2.1 mi · 566
- Ramsay El Sch3.6 mi · 396
- Bullskin El Sch3.9 mi · 430
- Mount Pleasant Area JHS5.7 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Southmoreland El SchWhat is the total enrollment at Southmoreland El Sch?
Southmoreland El Sch enrolls approximately 548 students in grades 02-05.
What age range does Southmoreland El Sch serve?
Southmoreland El Sch serves students from grade 02 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Southmoreland El Sch?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Southmoreland El Sch.
What is the student diversity at Southmoreland El Sch?
Student demographics at Southmoreland El Sch are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Southmoreland El Sch?
Southmoreland El Sch is overseen by Southmoreland SD in Westmoreland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.