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Susquehanna Community El Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Susquehanna Community El Sch
Susquehanna Community El Sch, a moderately sized primary school in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, overseen by Susquehanna Community SD, instructs 415 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.
Across the 2 schools in Susquehanna Community SD (748 students total), Susquehanna Community El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Susquehanna Community El Sch shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic. Compared to Susquehanna County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Susquehanna Community El Sch has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Susquehanna County runs at roughly 78%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Susquehanna Community El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 44.8%, a residual of +10.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Susquehanna County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,487 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Susquehanna Community El Sch is one of 15 public schools in Susquehanna County (combined enrollment of about 5,728 students).
Nearest neighbor: Susquehanna Community JSHS, around 0.2 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Susquehanna Community El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.0%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Susquehanna Community El Sch has fell 11%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025.
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