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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 Elementary School
100 Scottie Way, Scottdale, PA 15683 · (724) 887-2021 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 124 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 27% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 41.9% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Southmoreland Elementary School
Southmoreland Elementary School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southmoreland Elementary School this school | 548 | 64.4% | 44.5% |
| Warren L Miller Elementary School Mansfield | 522 | 63.0% | 44.3% |
| Greenville Elementary School Greenville | 626 | 62.1% | 55.1% |
| Mountain View Elementary School Kingsley | 494 | 58.7% | 47.8% |
| Mowrey Elementary School Waynesboro | 534 | 56.9% | 52.5% |
| Tyrone Area Elementary School Tyrone | 682 | 60.6% | 52.9% |
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 Southmoreland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #986 of 1,396 | #33 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,080 of 1,511 ▼ 152 | #35 of 38 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,129 of 1,511 ▼ 169 | #34 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #394 of 1,638 | #7 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,346 of 1,528 | #32 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #1,368 of 1,531 | #37 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #773 of 1,600 | #14 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #667 of 1,045 | #19 of 33 |
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
548
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 548 | 35.2 | 15.6:1 | 64% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 36.5 | 15.3:1 | 63% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 38.6 | 14.2:1 | 58% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 57% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 55% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 36 | 16.2:1 | 52% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 50% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 42 | 18.5:1 | 35% (272) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 35 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southmoreland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (606 to 548); teachers down 5% (37 to 35.2).
About Southmoreland Elementary School
Among the schools in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, is Southmoreland Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 548 students in grades 2 through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 24% higher.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Southmoreland SD totals 1,801 students.
Most students at Southmoreland Elementary School are White: 93% of enrollment. Other groups include 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Southmoreland Elementary School comes in at 12%.
Southmoreland Elementary School operates with 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. About 64% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in Westmoreland County.
Southmoreland Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.0% for Southmoreland Elementary School. The school posts 44.5%, 5.5 points below the prediction.
Within Westmoreland County, median household income is about $74,109, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Westmoreland County number 85 and enroll about 41,302.
The closest public school to Southmoreland Elementary School is Southmoreland Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Southmoreland Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Southmoreland Elementary School saw enrollment rise 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Southmoreland Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 410 students
- Southmoreland Primary CenterElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- Southmoreland Middle School0.0 mi · 410
- Southmoreland Primary Center1.9 mi · 277
- Southmoreland SHS2.1 mi · 566
- Ramsay Elementary School3.6 mi · 396
- Bullskin Elementary School3.9 mi · 430
- Mount Pleasant Area High School5.7 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Southmoreland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southmoreland Elementary School?
Southmoreland Elementary School enrolls approximately 548 students in grades 02-05.
What age range does Southmoreland Elementary School serve?
Southmoreland Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Southmoreland Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Southmoreland Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Southmoreland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Southmoreland Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Southmoreland Elementary School?
Southmoreland Elementary School is overseen by Southmoreland SD in Westmoreland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.