North East El Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About North East El Sch
North East El Sch, a moderately sized elementary school in North East, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within North East SD, instructs 589 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.
Within North East SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,741 students, North East El Sch is one campus in the system.
Demographically, North East El Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
On the resource side, North East El Sch shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, North East El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 70.7%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Erie County put median household income runs about $63,354, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), North East El Sch is one campus in the mix.
Earle C. Davis Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North East El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.1%.
North East El Sch operates from a town-based location.
Looking at the recent track record. North East El Sch's enrollment has edged up 44% since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 589). The White share of enrollment decreased from 94% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.
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