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Schools in Rossiter

Rossiter’s public schools

Punxsutawney Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rossiter. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 93% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.4K
▼ 15% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.2
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,895 students on the public path
In brief

Rossiter’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Rossiter’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Punxsutawney Area El Sch places highest (better than 62%); Punxsutawney Area HS lowest (41%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Rossiter, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–6Punxsutawney Area El Schin PunxutawneyB
7–12Punxsutawney Area HSin PunxsutawneyC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Punxsutawney Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Punxsutawney Area School DistrictGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 1,895 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 10.2 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$18,410PA $21,758 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 55.1% · 914 students tested
Math37%
State average 36.1% · 935 students tested

Rossiter vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Rossiter’s borders.

Schools next door
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Rossiter—Punxsutawney Area

Every school in Rossiter

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Rossiterin other towns
Punxsutawney Area El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Punxutawney
B
1,085 students11:1Rate it →
Punxsutawney Area HS
High · Grades 7–12 · Punxsutawney
C+
810 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Rossiter’s schools

Are Rossiter’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Rossiter. Punxsutawney Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rossiter. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Rossiter in?

Punxsutawney Area School District.

Where do Rossiter kids go to high school?

Punxsutawney Area HS.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.