Schools · Polk

Polk, PA schools

Kids attend Central El Sch or Sandycreek El Sch or Victory El Sch through grade 5, then Franklin Area JSHS.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #494Best schools in PA (of 764)#732Highest graduation rate in PA (of 1,035)

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Polk’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Polk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+Test scoresC+Graduation

Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 45%

Lower resultsHigher results

Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (190)Better than 55%

High confidence. Built on 910 tested students and a graduating class of 151; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.

School path

Where Polk kids go to school

Grades PK–5

CCentral El Sch or BSandycreek El Sch or B-Victory El Sch Depends on your address Franklin Area School District

Grades 6–12

C+Franklin Area JSHS 942 students · Franklin Franklin Area School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–12, Franklin Area)29%

State average 37.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

PA: 87.5%

Graduating class

151

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #732 of 1,035 PA towns →

Districts

The district serving Polk

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Franklin Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,748 students

$19,043 per studentPA $21,758B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Polk

There’s no college in Polk, but 6 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Grove City College in Grove City, 16.7 miles away.

Grove City CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Grove City16.7 mi2,251 students Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Public · Slippery Rock22 mi7,094 students Allegheny CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Meadville22.4 mi1,231 students

University of Pittsburgh-TitusvilleCommunity college · Public · Titusville22.6 mi28 students

Thiel CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greenville23.8 mi920 students Westminster CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · New Wilmington27.1 mi1,096 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Polk. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

We don’t have any schools located in Polk yet.