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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 16689

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At a glance

School

219

Students

Top rankedForbes Road Elementary School792^nd of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools

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Summary:

The 16689 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Forbes Road Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 and has an enrollment of 227 students. The school is part of the Forbes Road School District, which is ranked 218 out of 606 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Forbes Road Elementary School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranking 792 out of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2024-2025 (2 stars), 652 out of 1,526 in 2023-2024 (3 stars), and 488 out of 1,534 in 2022-2023 (3 stars). The school's proficiency rates in PSSA Math and English Language Arts (ELA) assessments are generally on par with or slightly above the district and state averages, with some grade-level variations. In 2024-2025, the school's PSSA Math proficiency rate for all grades was 48.5%, compared to 47.5% for the district and 41.7% for the state, while its PSSA ELA proficiency rate was 45.1%, compared to 46.5% for the district and 48.5% for the state.

The school has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 64.76% in 2023-2024, indicating that it serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges. The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $19,401, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.5 to 1 for the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting a focus on providing adequate resources and support for students in a small school setting.

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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 (2025)	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 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Forbes Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	143 Red Bird Drive	Waterfall	16689	Fulton County	Forbes Road School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 685-3866	219	20	10.7	67.1%	210 (95.9%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	51.9	792^nd of 1511 public elementary schools	47.6%		62.6	652^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	57.3%	140	53.3	50.0	50.0	36.9	48.5	50.0	60.0	32.2	36.8	45.1	$16,796	$991	$15,806

Cities Near Zip Code 16689

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Waterfall	0.59 mi	2	320^th
Three Springs	8.54 mi	2	631^st
Mc Connellsburg	10.72 mi	4	270^th
Shade Gap	12.61 mi	1	108^th
Saxton	13.83 mi	3	563^rd

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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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