Elementary Schools in Shamokin Area School District

Summary:

The Shamokin Area School District has only one elementary school, Shamokin Area Elementary School, which serves grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 827 students. The school's academic performance is significantly below the state averages, ranking 1243 out of 1511 Pennsylvania elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Shamokin Area Elementary School's proficiency rates on the PSSA tests are well below the state averages, with 32% in math and 25.6% in ELA, compared to the state averages of 41.7% and 48.5%, respectively. The school's science proficiency rate for 4th grade in 2023-2024 was 51.1%, also significantly lower than the state average of 77.1%. Additionally, the school has a high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, with 100% of students qualifying in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high-poverty student population.

Despite the low academic performance, the school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $14,621, which is relatively high compared to the state average. The school also has a small student-teacher ratio of 12.4 to 1, suggesting that class sizes are relatively small. However, these factors do not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes for the students, raising questions about the school's strategies and resource allocation.

District Detail

2000 W State St
Coal Township, PA 17866-2807

(570) 648-5752

SchoolDigger Rank:
496^th of 606 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,164

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)			PSSA English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Shamokin Area Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	3000 W State St	Coal Township	17866	Northumberland County	Shamokin Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 648-5721	830	66	12.6	99.6%	596 (71.8%)	44 (5.3%)	148 (17.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (4.8%)	17.4	1243^rd of 1511 public elementary schools	17.7%		15.1	1286^th of 1526 public elementary schools	15.7%	43	32.6	31.2	32.0	25.6	25.6	25.6	$13,693	$1,649	$12,044

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Northumberland County Career and Technology Center	0.25 mi	1
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Tri-Valley School District	6.71 mi	3	328^th
Mount Carmel Area School District	8.33 mi	3	449^th
Southern Columbia Area School District	9.63 mi	3	144^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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