Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 561 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421533004724
Chestnut Hill Elementary School
1001 W 54th St, Erie, PA 16509 · (814) 835-5550 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
209 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.6% | 65.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chestnut Hill Elementary School
Chestnut Hill Elementary School's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill Elementary School this school | 403 | 51.9% | 69.6% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Folsom | 347 | 50.4% | 50.9% |
| South Central Elementary School Canonsburg | 450 | 48.0% | 61.0% |
| East Pike Elementary School Indiana | 445 | 52.8% | 63.8% |
| East High Street Elementary School Elizabethtown | 466 | 50.9% | N/A |
| Edinboro Elementary School Edinboro | 414 | 47.8% | 73.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chestnut Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #294 of 1,396 | #9 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #278 of 1,511 ▲ 55 | #7 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #306 of 1,511 ▲ 88 | #10 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #870 of 1,638 | #25 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,064 of 1,528 | #28 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #845 of 1,531 | #17 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #965 of 1,600 | #25 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #288 of 450 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
+64 (+19%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | 28.8 | 14.0:1 | 52% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 29.3 | 13.5:1 | 53% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 24.4 | 15.0:1 | 49% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 43% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 23.7 | 16.1:1 | 44% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 42% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | 20% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chestnut Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (382 to 403); teachers up 22% (23.7 to 28.8).
About Chestnut Hill Elementary School
Chestnut Hill Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Erie, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 16509). The latest federal count shows 403 students in kindergarten through 5.
Chestnut Hill Elementary School is one of 9 schools in Millcreek Township SD, which enrolls 6,363 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Chestnut Hill Elementary School is 79% White. Other reported shares: 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. The White share in Erie County as a whole is similar, at about 83%. Chestnut Hill Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chestnut Hill Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.0:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. The lunch program counts 52% of students at Chestnut Hill Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Erie County.
Chestnut Hill Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Chestnut Hill Elementary School, the prediction is 55.4% and the result is 69.6%.
Chestnut Hill Elementary School is located in Erie County, where median household income is about $63,354, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Chestnut Hill Elementary School is one of 68 public schools in Erie County, which together enroll about 35,738 students.
Of nearby public schools, James S Wilson Middle School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 38.6%, lower than Chestnut Hill Elementary School's 69.6%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 339 in 2020-21 and 403 in 2024-25, a 19% rise.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,052
Census ACS
Median income
$63,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
35,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Millcreek Township SD
- McDowell High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
- Belle Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Asbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- James S Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 547 students
- Tracy Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
Other schools in Erie
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 2,501 students
- McDowell High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Northwest PA Collegiate AcademyHigh · 750 students
- Strong Vincent Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
Other Chestnut Hill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Chestnut Hill Elementary. Chestnut Hill Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Chestnut Hill Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, MI · 416 students
- CHESTNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLIVERPOOL, NY · 416 students
Nearby schools
- James S Wilson Middle School0.1 mi · 547
- Grover Cleveland Elementary School1.4 mi · 559
- Erie High School1.6 mi · 2,501
- Perry Elementary School1.7 mi · 466
- Jefferson Elementary School1.9 mi · 447
- Northwest PA Collegiate Academy2.2 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About Chestnut Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chestnut Hill Elementary School?
Chestnut Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Chestnut Hill Elementary School serve?
Chestnut Hill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Chestnut Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Chestnut Hill Elementary School.
How diverse is Chestnut Hill Elementary School?
Chestnut Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Chestnut Hill Elementary School in?
Chestnut Hill Elementary School is part of Millcreek Township SD.
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