Diehl Sch

Diehl Sch operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Erie, Pennsylvania, part of Erie City SD. Current enrollment sits at 441 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Diehl Sch is one of 15 schools operated by Erie City SD, a district that works with 10,473 students overall.

On demographics, Diehl Sch shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Black, 22% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Diehl Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.0%; this one comes in at 15.4%, -19.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Diehl Sch is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).

Nearest neighbor: JoAnna Connell Sch, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Diehl Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.7%.

Diehl Sch operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Diehl Sch has ticked down 10%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 45% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.