Elementary · Pennsylvania
Avella El Center
Avella El Center, a public elementary school in Avella, Pennsylvania: grades k–6, 242 students, 10.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Avella Area SD.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 242
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.8
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- Grades
- K–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared
Smaller than 82% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Pennsylvania: 49%44%proficient
−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 49% · 1,523 elementary schools compared
133 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%37%proficient
−1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania
Median 52% · 1,523 elementary schools compared
132 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Avella Area SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Avella Area SD.
Location
- Address
- 1000 Avella Rd, Avella, PA 15312
- Phone
- (724)356-2218
- County
- Washington County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Brooke Intermediate School SouthFree meals for all | 3–4 | 121 | 9.9 |
| K–3 | 232 | 10.9 | |
| K–5 | 430 | 11.7 | |
| K–6 | 455 | 12.1 | |
Brooke Primary School NorthFree meals for all | K–2 | 257 | 13.7 |
Brooke Intermediate School NorthFree meals for all | 3–4 | 172 | 12.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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