Elementary · Pennsylvania

West Branch Area El Sch

West Branch Area El Sch, a public elementary school in Morrisdale, Pennsylvania: grades k–5, 374 students, 12.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of West Branch 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
374
Teachers (FTE)
29.1
Students per teacher
12.9
Grades
K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 49% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared

Smaller than 58% 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%

49%proficient

−5.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 51% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 49% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

174 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

46%proficient

+12.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 59% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 52% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

176 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–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with West Branch Area SD.

Location

Address
356 Allport Cutoff, Morrisdale, PA 16858
Phone
(814)345-5615

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
K–542312.263%68%
K–527111.556%60%
Clearfield Area El SchFree meals for all
K–61,06711.939%38%
K–510410.561%63%
K–59410.155%61%
Moshannon Valley El SchFree meals for all
K–637211.244%49%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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.

Sources

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.

NCES 422523006599