Enrollment
135
Elementary
DISTRICT 125 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURKEYFOOT VALLEY AREA SD·NCES 422388006215
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School
172 Turkeyfoot Rd, Confluence, PA 15424 · (814) 395-3621 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL135 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
104 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 31 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 121% larger than its 6th grade class (14).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School→Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS
Based on grade levels within Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
17.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
19.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.9% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 13.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School this school | 135 | 77.0% | 21.8% |
| Trinity South Elementary School Washington | 160 | 80.0% | 78.7% |
| Blossburg Elementary School Blossburg | 194 | 74.2% | 38.4% |
| Pleasantville Elementary School Pleasantville | 201 | 76.6% | 54.8% |
| Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School Salisbury | 130 | 63.1% | 62.2% |
| Northside Elementary School Brookville | 101 | 88.1% | N/A |
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 Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,269 of 1,396 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,289 of 1,511 ▲ 64 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,385 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 135 | #1,600 of 1,638 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #706 of 1,600 | #4 of 11 |
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
135
-15 (-10%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 135 | 13 | 10.4:1 | 77% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 15 | 9.8:1 | 71% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 150 | 15.5 | 9.7:1 | 100% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 150 | 15 | 10.0:1 | 100% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 14.5 | 13.0:1 | 100% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 200 | 16 | 12.5:1 | 75% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 54% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 87% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 17 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (188 to 135); teachers down 10% (14.5 to 13).
About Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School is a very small elementary school with an address in Confluence, Pennsylvania. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 135 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD is the district for Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School. It has 2 schools and 249 students.
Roughly 98% of students at Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 2% multiracial. Somerset County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School scores 4%.
Based on 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School has a ratio of 10.4:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 77%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Somerset County is 66%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School scores 22.8 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.8%; the prediction is 44.6%.
The school is in Somerset County, where median household income comes to about $61,446, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somerset County counts 29 public schools with about 8,271 students.
The closest school to Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School is Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within ten miles. Nearby schools average 46.4% on proficiency, and Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School is below that at 21.8%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 150 to 135.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,799
Census ACS
Median income
$61,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
8,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD
- Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHSHigh · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS0.0 mi · 114
- Marclay School6.8 mi · 84
- A J McMullen School8.5 mi · 164
- Northern Garrett High School9.5 mi · 439
- Northern Middle School9.5 mi · 305
- Friendsville Elementary10.1 mi · 137
Frequently asked questions
About Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 135 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School serve?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School is approximately 10.4:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School reports a student body of 98% White, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School?
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School is overseen by Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD in Somerset County.
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