Summary:
The New Brighton Area School District in Pennsylvania has only one elementary school, New Brighton Area Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school has faced challenges in recent years, with its statewide ranking declining from 880 out of 1,534 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,081 out of 1,511 in 2024-2025.
Academically, New Brighton Area Elementary School's proficiency rates in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) for all grades are below the state averages, at 36.1% and 33.8% respectively, compared to state averages of 41.7% and 48.5%. However, the school's proficiency rate in Science for all grades, at 78.6%, is significantly higher than the state average of 65.8%. The school also has a high percentage of students (100%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.
Despite the school's challenges, the district is investing resources into the school, with a per-student spending of $20,142 for the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.8, which is lower than the state average. These investments, however, do not appear to be translating into better academic performance, suggesting that the district may need to re-evaluate its strategies and resource allocation to help the school improve.
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