1
Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ERIE CITY SD·NCES 420930002001
Grover Cleveland Elementary School
1540 W 38th St, Erie, PA 16508 · (814) 874-6670 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
571 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
66%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
27.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 32.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Grover Cleveland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,109 of 1,396 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,110 of 1,511 ▼ 30 | #22 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,244 of 1,511 ▼ 72 | #23 of 33 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #355 of 1,638 | #9 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #857 of 1,528 | #21 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #180 of 1,531 | #10 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #209 of 1,600 | #6 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #573 of 1,045 | #11 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
559
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 559 | 42 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 100% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 45 | 12.3:1 | 100% (554) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 99% (551) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 100% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 57% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 54% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 26 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grover Cleveland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (632 to 559); teachers up 5% (40 to 42).
About Grover Cleveland Elementary School
Grover Cleveland Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Erie, Pennsylvania, administered by Erie City SD. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 559 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Grover Cleveland Elementary School is in Erie City SD, a district with 10,473 students across 15 schools.
Grover Cleveland Elementary School's enrollment is 51% White. Next come 22% multiracial, 16% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 83% White among all Erie County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Grover Cleveland Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.3:1, with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.1:1, a similar figure.
Grover Cleveland Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Grover Cleveland Elementary School is 2.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (35.8% versus 33.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In the county around the school, Erie County, median household income is about $63,354, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 68 public schools operate in Erie County, serving about 35,738 students.
The next-closest public school is Perry Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Grover Cleveland Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Grover Cleveland Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Grover Cleveland Elementary School's location as City: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 554 to 559.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Grover Cleveland Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Grover Cleveland Elementary. Grover Cleveland Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 453 students
- Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Elementary School0.9 mi · 466
- Erie High School1.2 mi · 2,501
- Chestnut Hill Elementary School1.4 mi · 403
- James S Wilson Middle School1.5 mi · 547
- Harding School1.8 mi · 633
- Strong Vincent Middle School2.0 mi · 711
Frequently asked questions
About Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolHow large is Grover Cleveland Elementary School?
Grover Cleveland Elementary School enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
Is Grover Cleveland Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grover Cleveland Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grover Cleveland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grover Cleveland Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grover Cleveland Elementary School?
At Grover Cleveland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 5% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Grover Cleveland Elementary School?
Grover Cleveland Elementary 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.