Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SULLIVAN COUNTY SD·NCES 422292007418
Sullivan Co Elementary School
767 South Street, Laporte, PA 18626 · (570) 946-7471 · Sullivan County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- 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
11.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
303 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Sullivan Co Elementary School→Sullivan Co JSHS
Based on grade levels within Sullivan County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
36.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 34.7% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Sullivan Co Elementary School
Sullivan Co Elementary School's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Co Elementary School this school | 306 | 99.0% | 44.6% |
| Cochranton Elementary School Cochranton | 311 | 99.0% | 46.4% |
| North Clarion Co Elementary School Tionesta | 334 | 99.1% | 56.6% |
| West Snyder Elementary School Beaver Springs | 335 | 98.2% | 57.0% |
| L R Appleman Elementary School Benton | 308 | 99.0% | 70.9% |
| Clark Wood Elementary School Elkland | 303 | 99.7% | 43.7% |
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 Sullivan Co Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #983 of 1,396 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #1,048 of 1,511 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #828 of 1,511 ▲ 235 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #1,227 of 1,638 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #305 of 1,528 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.1% | #1,513 of 1,531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #383 of 1,600 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #557 of 1,045 |
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
306
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 306 | 26.6 | 11.5:1 | 99% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 27.6 | 11.5:1 | 99% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 25.6 | 12.8:1 | 51% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 49% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 26.8 | 13.0:1 | 45% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 46% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sullivan Co Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (348 to 306); teachers down 1% (26.8 to 26.6).
About Sullivan Co Elementary School
Families in Laporte, Pennsylvania, are served by Sullivan Co Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school had 306 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 31% smaller than that.
Sullivan Co Elementary School falls under Sullivan County SD, which has 2 schools enrolling 620 students.
The large majority of students at Sullivan Co Elementary School, 97%, are White. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Sullivan Co Elementary School comes in at 5%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.5:1, with 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sullivan Co Elementary School is 99%.
allk12 grades Sullivan Co Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sullivan Co Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 44.6% actual against 35.1% predicted.
Within Sullivan County, median household income is about $69,764, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2 public schools in Sullivan County, with a combined enrollment of about 620.
Sullivan Co JSHS is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Sullivan Co Elementary School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Sullivan Co Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Sullivan Co Elementary School went from 325 students to 306. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2020-21 to 11.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Sullivan Co Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,888
Census ACS
Median income
$69,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
620 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Sullivan Co JSHS0.1 mi · 314
- Carl G Renn Elementary School14.1 mi · 181
- George A Ferrell Elementary School14.8 mi · 139
- L R Appleman Elementary School16.4 mi · 308
- Benton Area Middle School16.4 mi · 100
- Benton Area High School16.4 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Sullivan Co Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sullivan Co Elementary School?
Sullivan Co Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sullivan Co Elementary School serve?
Sullivan Co Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sullivan Co Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Sullivan Co Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sullivan Co Elementary School?
At Sullivan Co Elementary School, the student body is approximately 97% White, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sullivan Co Elementary School public or private?
Sullivan Co Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sullivan County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.