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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWANDA AREA SD·NCES 422355000997
Towanda Area El Sch
420 State St, Towanda, PA 18848 · (570) 265-6131 · Bradford County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
429 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Towanda Area El Sch→Towanda Area JSHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Towanda Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.5pp since 2023
Math
42.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
423
-30 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.5:1
% White
94%
was 95%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Towanda Area El Sch
As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Towanda, Pennsylvania, Towanda Area El Sch caters to 423 students from grades 3 through 6, run under Towanda Area SD.
Towanda Area El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Towanda Area SD, a district that works with 1,482 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Towanda Area El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest looks like 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Bradford County as a whole.
On the resource side, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 101% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bradford County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Towanda Area El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of +11.6 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bradford County put median household earnings sit near $63,675, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Bradford County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,392 students), of which Towanda Area El Sch is one.
Nearest neighbor: Towanda Area JSHS, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Towanda Area El Sch at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.4%.
Towanda Area El Sch operates from a town-center location.
Five-year trend. Towanda Area El Sch's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 453 (now 423). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.
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Bradford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,858
Census ACS
Median income
$63,675
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Towanda Area SD
- Towanda Area JSHSHigh · 709 students
- Morrow El SchElementary · 350 students
Other schools in Towanda
- Towanda Area JSHSHigh · 709 students
- Morrow El SchElementary · 350 students
- Northern Tier Career CenterHigh · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Towanda Area JSHS0.2 mi · 709
- Morrow El Sch0.3 mi · 350
- Northern Tier Career Center3.0 mi · 13
- SRU El Sch11.0 mi · 382
- Wyalusing Valley JSHS12.6 mi · 586
- Northeast Bradford Elementary School12.7 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Towanda Area El SchHow large is Towanda Area El Sch?
Towanda Area El Sch enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does Towanda Area El Sch serve?
Towanda Area El Sch serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Towanda Area El Sch?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Towanda Area El Sch.
How diverse is Towanda Area El Sch?
Towanda Area El Sch reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Towanda Area El Sch in?
Towanda Area El Sch is part of Towanda Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.