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What's one thing Wyalusing Valley El Sch gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYALUSING AREA SD·NCES 422670007377
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School
11450 Wyalusing-New Albany Rd, Wyalusing, PA 18853 · (570) 746-1600 · Bradford County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
630 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (99).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School→Wyalusing Valley JSHS
Based on grade levels within Wyalusing Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 46.4% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Wyalusing Valley Elementary School
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyalusing Valley Elementary School this school | 633 | 99.5% | 50.9% |
| Windber Elementary School Windber | 617 | 99.5% | 58.0% |
| Tunkhannock Area Intermediate Center Tunkhannock | 614 | 98.7% | 48.4% |
| Dunbar Twp Elementary School Connellsville | 580 | 98.3% | 43.6% |
| South St Marys Street Elementary School Saint Marys | 583 | 97.3% | 52.6% |
| Dassa McKinney Elementary School West Sunbury | 581 | 99.7% | 58.9% |
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 Wyalusing Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bradford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #849 of 1,396 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #880 of 1,511 ▼ 40 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #914 of 1,511 ▼ 90 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #203 of 1,638 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,048 of 1,528 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #1,352 of 1,531 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #334 of 1,600 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #602 of 1,045 | #4 of 9 |
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
633
-44 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 633 | 45.5 | 13.9:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 45.3 | 14.3:1 | 100% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 45.2 | 14.3:1 | 58% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 47% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 44.7 | 15.9:1 | 53% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 49% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wyalusing Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (713 to 633); teachers up 2% (44.7 to 45.5).
About Wyalusing Valley Elementary School
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. A total of 633 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 43% higher.
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School is part of a district of 2 schools: Wyalusing Area SD, with 1,219 students.
Most students at Wyalusing Valley Elementary School are White: 93% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 95% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Wyalusing Valley Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
At Wyalusing Valley Elementary School, 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 90% average for public schools in Bradford County.
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.9% is 16.0 points above the 34.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Bradford County this way: median household income is about $63,675, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Bradford County number 19 and enroll about 8,392.
Nearby, Wyalusing Valley JSHS is about 0.2 miles away. Wyalusing Valley Elementary School's average proficiency of 50.9% compares with 47.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 15.4:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Wyalusing Valley Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Wyalusing Valley JSHS0.2 mi · 586
- Towanda Area Elementary School12.8 mi · 423
- Morrow Elementary School12.9 mi · 350
- Towanda Area JSHS12.9 mi · 709
- Northeast Bradford Elementary School14.1 mi · 330
- Northeast Bradford JSHS14.3 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Wyalusing Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wyalusing Valley Elementary School?
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Wyalusing Valley Elementary School serve?
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Wyalusing Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Wyalusing Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Wyalusing Valley Elementary School?
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Wyalusing Valley Elementary School public or private?
Wyalusing Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wyalusing Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.