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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Conrad Weiser East El Sch this year?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONRAD WEISER AREA SD·NCES 420678009944
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School
200 Lincoln Dr, Wernersville, PA 19565 · (610) 693-8542 · Berks County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
165 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (103).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Conrad Weiser Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
56.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 52.2% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Conrad Weiser East Elementary School
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Weiser East Elementary School this school | 449 | 36.7% | 61.8% |
| Fishing Creek Elementary School Lewisberry | 431 | 34.8% | 62.8% |
| Pfaff Elementary School Quakertown | 482 | 36.9% | 54.6% |
| Brecknock Elementary School Denver | 441 | 41.5% | 52.4% |
| Hallowell Elementary School Horsham | 438 | 37.0% | 56.8% |
| Crooked Billet Elementary School Hatboro | 468 | 42.1% | 52.9% |
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 Conrad Weiser East Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #526 of 1,396 | #5 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #627 of 1,511 ▲ 67 | #14 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #515 of 1,511 ▲ 27 | #8 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #689 of 1,638 | #31 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #156 of 1,528 | #2 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #694 of 1,531 | #19 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,217 of 1,600 | #42 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #992 of 1,045 | #30 of 33 |
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
449
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 449 | 42 | 10.7:1 | 37% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 41.3 | 10.8:1 | 37% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 44.6 | 10.3:1 | 36% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 39 | 11.4:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 36.8 | 12.4:1 | 29% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 22% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 17% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 7% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 31 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conrad Weiser East Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (455 to 449); teachers up 14% (36.8 to 42).
About Conrad Weiser East Elementary School
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School is an elementary school in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 449 students in kindergarten through 4.
Conrad Weiser Area SD is the district for Conrad Weiser East Elementary School. It has 4 schools and 2,473 students.
More than half of the students at Conrad Weiser East Elementary School are White (74%). The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Conrad Weiser East Elementary School scores 43%.
Its staff includes 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Conrad Weiser East Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 37%. Across public schools in Berks County, the average is 67%.
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Conrad Weiser East Elementary School would be expected to post about 61.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.8%.
In Berks County, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Berks County has 95 public schools with about 62,375 students, including Conrad Weiser East Elementary School.
Wilson West Middle School is about 1.8 miles from Conrad Weiser East Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Conrad Weiser East Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 53.7%, lower than Conrad Weiser East Elementary School's 61.8%.
NCES assigns Conrad Weiser East Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 446 students in 2020-21 and 449 in 2024-25.
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Conrad Weiser Area SD
- Conrad Weiser High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Conrad Weiser Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Conrad Weiser West Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson West Middle School1.8 mi · 780
- Green Valley Elementary School2.1 mi · 505
- Conrad Weiser High School2.7 mi · 848
- Conrad Weiser Middle School3.0 mi · 761
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary School3.6 mi · 553
- Wilson Southern Middle School3.6 mi · 753
Frequently asked questions
About Conrad Weiser East Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Conrad Weiser East Elementary School?
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades KG-04.
Is Conrad Weiser East Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Conrad Weiser East Elementary School have?
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
How diverse is Conrad Weiser East Elementary School?
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Conrad Weiser East Elementary School?
Conrad Weiser East Elementary School is overseen by Conrad Weiser Area SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.