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Which teacher or staff member at Susquehanna Community El Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUSQUEHANNA COMMUNITY SD·NCES 422298006885
Susquehanna Community Elementary School
3192 Turnpike St, Susquehanna, PA 18847 · (570) 853-4921 · Susquehanna County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 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
12.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
415 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Susquehanna Community Elementary School→Susquehanna Community JSHS
Based on grade levels within Susquehanna Community SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.7pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 34.1% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
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 Susquehanna Community Elementary School
Susquehanna Community Elementary School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Community Elementary School this school | 415 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| Tunkhannock Area Primary Center Tunkhannock | 416 | 99.3% | N/A |
| New Bloomfield Elementary School New Bloomfield | 391 | 98.7% | 36.4% |
| Carmichaels Area El Center Carmichaels | 433 | 99.3% | 40.0% |
| Mellon Elementary School Ligonier | 395 | 96.7% | 66.7% |
| Mifflinburg Area Intrmd School Mifflinburg | 381 | 99.2% | 59.8% |
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 Susquehanna Community Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Susquehanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #978 of 1,396 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,065 of 1,511 ▼ 4 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,028 of 1,511 ▼ 168 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #818 of 1,638 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #430 of 1,528 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #1,418 of 1,531 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #306 of 1,600 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #608 of 1,045 | N/A |
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
415
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 415 | 34.6 | 12.0:1 | 100% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 32.6 | 13.7:1 | 93% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 98% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 58% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 58% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 44 | 11.3:1 | 57% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 47% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Susquehanna Community Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (466 to 415); teachers down 4% (36 to 34.6).
About Susquehanna Community Elementary School
Susquehanna Community Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 18847). Enrollment in 2024-25 was 415 students in pre-K through 6.
Within Susquehanna Community SD, Susquehanna Community Elementary School is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 748 students.
White students make up 95% of enrollment at Susquehanna Community Elementary School. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Susquehanna County is about 95% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Susquehanna Community Elementary School is 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.0:1. This ratio sits 1.1 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. The 78% average for public schools in Susquehanna County is 22 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Susquehanna Community Elementary School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Susquehanna Community Elementary School are 10.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.8% actual, 34.7% predicted).
Susquehanna County census figures show that the median household income is $68,487, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Susquehanna County is home to 15 public schools and about 5,728 public school students.
The closest public school to Susquehanna Community Elementary School is Susquehanna Community JSHS, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Susquehanna Community Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Susquehanna Community Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 40 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 13.4:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Susquehanna Community Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Susquehanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,219
Census ACS
Median income
$68,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,728 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Susquehanna Community SD
- Susquehanna Community JSHSHigh · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Susquehanna Community JSHS0.2 mi · 333
- WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL8.4 mi · 437
- Blue Ridge Elementary School8.5 mi · 496
- Blue Ridge Middle School8.5 mi · 225
- Blue Ridge High School8.5 mi · 297
- A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL9.6 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Susquehanna Community Elementary SchoolHow large is Susquehanna Community Elementary School?
Susquehanna Community Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-06.
Is Susquehanna Community Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Susquehanna Community Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Susquehanna Community Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Susquehanna Community Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Susquehanna Community Elementary School?
At Susquehanna Community Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Susquehanna Community Elementary School public or private?
Susquehanna Community Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Susquehanna Community SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.