Beaver’s public schools score below 58% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Beaver’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 58% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
The short version on Beaver’s schools
Beaver’s schools are very small
All of Beaver’s public school students add up to 95 children, with about 14 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Beaver’s schools beat 42% of districts. Among the 1,904 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 25%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Beaver has its own elementary school and shares the rest
Beaver’s own school is Beaver-Main El Sch, for kindergarten through grade 5. From grade 6, students go to Bloomsburg Area MS and Bloomsburg Area HS, both in Bloomsburg. Main sends its kids to all the same schools. The elementary school earns the best grade on the path (A); the high school earns the lowest (C−). See the path ↓
Average results for less money
Beaver spends 19% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Beaver compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Beaver.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Beaver vs. its neighbors
Beaver’s schools rank 3rd of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Pennsylvania districts.
Every school in Beaver
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Beaver families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Beaver
There’s no college in Beaver, but 8 are within 30 miles. The closest is Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania in Bloomsburg, 9.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Beaver. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.