Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCARORA SD·NCES 422274002226
St Thomas Elementary School
70 School House Rd, Saint Thomas, PA 17252 · (717) 369-3123 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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
12.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
185 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Tuscarora SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp 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 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.9% | 40.6% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 St Thomas Elementary School
St Thomas Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas Elementary School this school | 297 | 62.3% | 43.9% |
| Bethel Elementary School Bethel | 286 | 63.3% | 53.2% |
| Weatherly Area Elementary School Weatherly | 291 | 66.7% | 52.1% |
| White Deer Elementary School New Columbia | 287 | 65.9% | 56.9% |
| Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus Mayfield | 268 | 65.7% | 46.4% |
| Kreutz Creek Elementary School Hellam | 320 | 57.2% | 48.4% |
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 St Thomas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,000 of 1,396 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #908 of 1,511 ▲ 50 | #16 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,125 of 1,511 ▼ 70 | #22 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #1,258 of 1,638 | #13 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #731 of 1,528 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #970 of 1,531 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #796 of 1,600 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #833 of 1,045 | #14 of 18 |
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
297
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 297 | 23 | 12.9:1 | 62% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 22.4 | 13.2:1 | 63% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 21.7 | 14.7:1 | 100% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 53% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 21.2 | 14.8:1 | 51% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 53% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | 48% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 30% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St Thomas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (314 to 297); teachers up 9% (21.2 to 23).
About St Thomas Elementary School
Saint Thomas, Pennsylvania, is home to St Thomas Elementary School, a small elementary school. It enrolls 297 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 33% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
District-wide, Tuscarora SD has 6 schools and 2,182 students.
Of every 100 students at St Thomas Elementary School, about 82 are White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at St Thomas Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 12.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at St Thomas Elementary School, which has 23. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 62%.
St Thomas Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, St Thomas Elementary School is 7.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Franklin County, the median household earns about $77,003 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Franklin County, 41 public schools serve about 21,432 students.
A public school about 4.7 miles away, South Hamilton Elementary School, is the closest to St Thomas Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of St Thomas Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, St Thomas Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, St Thomas Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 316 to 297. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.9:1, from 15.1:1.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at St Thomas Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
157,379
Census ACS
Median income
$77,003
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
21,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuscarora SD
- James Buchanan High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- James Buchanan Middle SchoolMiddle · 535 students
- Mercersburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 212 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- South Hamilton Elementary School4.7 mi · 275
- Mountain View Elementary School5.8 mi · 185
- Hamilton Heights Elementary School6.4 mi · 553
- Franklin County Career and Technology Center6.4 mi · 3
- Chambersburg Area Career Magnet School6.4 mi · 706
- Marion Elementary School6.7 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About St Thomas Elementary SchoolHow large is St Thomas Elementary School?
St Thomas Elementary School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does St Thomas Elementary School serve?
St Thomas Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St Thomas Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St Thomas Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at St Thomas Elementary School?
At St Thomas Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is St Thomas Elementary School public or private?
St Thomas Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tuscarora SD.
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