Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy is a public elementary school serving 561 students in grades PK-5 in the Woodland Hills School District in Turtle Creek, PA. The school is rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger and ranks 1118 out of 1526 Pennsylvania elementary schools for the 2023-2024 school year.
Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy consistently underperforms the state average in PSSA Math, Science, and English Language Arts proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 29.6% of students were proficient or better in PSSA Math, compared to the state average of 40.4%. The school's performance is also below the Woodland Hills School District average in these subject areas. The school has a high percentage of African American students, who perform better than the school's overall performance, but the performance for other subgroups, such as White students, low socioeconomic status students, and disabled students, is significantly lower, ranking in the bottom 20-25% of Pennsylvania elementary schools.
Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy has an extremely high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, with over 99% of students qualifying in recent years, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families. The nearby Edgewood Elementary STEAM Academy and Wilkins Elementary STEAM Academy, which are also part of the Woodland Hills School District, perform similarly to Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy, with low proficiency rates and rankings in the bottom 20-25% of Pennsylvania elementary schools. In contrast, Trafford Elementary School, which is in the Penn-Trafford School District, significantly outperforms Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy and the other Woodland Hills schools, ranking in the top 10% of Pennsylvania elementary schools.
Woodland Hills School District
In the 2022-23 school year, 561 students attended Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy.
Students at Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy are 54% African American, 30% White, 9% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic.
Turtle Creek Elementary STEAM Academy ranks 1118th of 1526 Pennsylvania elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.