The top reported proficiency rate is 80% in Science. The lowest is 67% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Level Green El Sch
Level Green Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Trafford, a small, dense-suburban borough east of Pittsburgh with deep Westinghouse manufacturing heritage and a population that has remained essentially flat. The school sits on Cypress Court, a more suburban site outside Trafford's walkable historic core where the other two Penn-Trafford elementary buildings cluster near the borough center.
The school's recent state assessment results show solid performance in math and strong results in science. In math, a majority of students in grades three through five scored at proficient or above levels. Reading and language arts performance trails math somewhat, with a smaller share reaching proficiency, though it remains a meaningful percentage of tested students. Science results from the most recent year available were notably strong. Across tested subjects, Level Green's overall proficiency sits in the top quartile when compared against other districts in Westmoreland County, a genuine strength that reflects consistent learning gains.
Enrollment runs small for an elementary school, just under three hundred students spread across all six grade levels with roughly balanced class sizes except for fourth grade, which is noticeably smaller. The student body is predominantly white, with very modest representation of other racial and ethnic groups. About one in five students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a working-to-middle-class enrollment with economic diversity but a skewed income distribution in the surrounding community.
The district that operates Level Green has been under steady budget pressure from cyber charter tuition and special education costs combined with slow state funding growth. That pressure has driven three consecutive property tax increases, with each successive year bringing a larger hike than the previous. A parent considering a home purchase in the Level Green catchment should factor in ongoing tax trajectory as a material cost of remaining in the district.
At the same time, Penn-Trafford is investing in instructional infrastructure. The district has begun rolling out a multi-tiered system of supports with trained leads at each building, universal screening tools to catch struggling learners early, and a curriculum alignment audit spanning kindergarten through eighth grade. For an elementary school, this means more consistent, data-informed identification of students needing extra help and more standardized intervention across grade levels. Staff have also added school social workers in recent years with a sustainable staffing model under development.
Trafford itself offers a small-town, family-oriented living environment of older single-family homes with a modest commercial spine. Housing values have tightened, with home prices rising year over year. The borough's civic life centers on parks, a community library, and the Westmoreland Heritage Trail, though most residents commute by car to Pittsburgh or the Monroeville area for employment. The school sits in a community where most families own their homes, have long roots, and work outside town.
No special program offerings beyond regular elementary instruction appear in the available data. Detailed breakdown of special education or English learner enrollment was not reported. State testing data for kindergarten through second grade are not publicly available since Pennsylvania assesses only grades three through eight.
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