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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ERIE CITY SD·NCES 420930002003
Diehl School
2327 Fairmont Pkwy, Erie, PA 16510 · (814) 874-6585 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
438 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
9.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.4% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 16.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Diehl School
Diehl School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diehl School this school | 441 | 99.3% | 15.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Erie | 447 | 98.0% | 15.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Erie | 347 | 97.1% | 30.0% |
| Central Elementary School Beaver Falls | 466 | 97.9% | 41.1% |
| Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia | 432 | 95.4% | 54.1% |
| Ramsey Elementary School Monroeville | 335 | 94.9% | 58.7% |
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 Diehl School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,333 of 1,396 | #27 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,364 of 1,511 ▼ 57 | #28 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #1,494 of 1,511 ▼ 38 | #30 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #714 of 1,638 | #20 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #623 of 1,528 | #19 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #41 of 1,531 | #2 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #350 of 1,600 | #11 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #630 of 1,045 | #12 of 24 |
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
441
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
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 | 441 | 35 | 12.6:1 | 99% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 99% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 99% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 99% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 30.5 | 16.1:1 | 100% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 100% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 87% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 84% (274) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 18 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diehl School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (492 to 441); teachers up 15% (30.5 to 35).
About Diehl School
Diehl School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 441 students.
Within Erie City SD, Diehl School is one of 15 schools. The district enrolls 10,473 students.
At Diehl School, White students make up the biggest share, 33%. Other groups make up 31% Black, 22% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 83% of Erie County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Based on 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, Diehl School has a ratio of 12.6:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. That is 25 points above the 74% average for public schools in Erie County.
Diehl School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Diehl School ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. It scores 15.4%; the prediction is 35.0%.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $63,354, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 68 public schools in the county, enrolling about 35,738, Diehl School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, JoAnna Connell School, is about 1.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Diehl School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 3% drop took enrollment from 454 in 2020-21 to 441 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Diehl School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Erie City SD
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 2,501 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Northwest PA Collegiate AcademyHigh · 750 students
- Strong Vincent Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Pfeiffer-Burleigh SchoolElementary · 690 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 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
Nearby schools
- JoAnna Connell School1.1 mi · 556
- Edison Elementary School1.2 mi · 427
- Iroquois JSHS1.4 mi · 560
- Rolling Ridge Elementary School1.5 mi · 472
- Iroquois Elementary School1.6 mi · 557
- Robert Benjamin Wiley Community CS1.7 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Diehl SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Diehl School?
Diehl School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Diehl School serve?
Diehl School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Diehl School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Diehl School is approximately 12.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Diehl School?
Diehl School reports a student body of 33% White, 7% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Diehl School?
Diehl School is overseen by Erie City SD in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.