Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 256 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWESTERN SD·NCES 421788005144
Northwestern Elementary School
10450 John Williams Avenue, Albion, PA 16401 · (814) 756-9400 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
11.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
339 students
DISTRICT 105% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 62.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Northwestern Elementary School
Northwestern Elementary School's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Elementary School this school | 350 | 96.9% | 64.6% |
| Carroll Elementary School Shermans Dale | 344 | 97.7% | 44.3% |
| West Snyder Elementary School Beaver Springs | 335 | 98.2% | 57.0% |
| Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School Claysburg | 346 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
| Mellon Elementary School Ligonier | 395 | 96.7% | 66.7% |
| Mifflinburg Area Intrmd School Mifflinburg | 381 | 99.2% | 59.8% |
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 Northwestern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #456 of 1,396 | #16 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #321 of 1,511 ▲ 91 | #10 of 33 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #572 of 1,511 ▲ 62 | #16 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,054 of 1,638 | #27 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #301 of 1,528 | #4 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #1,366 of 1,531 | #29 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #509 of 1,600 | #17 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #647 of 1,045 | #14 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
350
+19 (+6%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 350 | 30.5 | 11.5:1 | 97% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 30.9 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 30.9 | 11.3:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 32 | 10.3:1 | 99% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 60% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 60% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 55% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 33% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 759 | 30 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwestern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (389 to 350); teachers up 1% (30 to 30.5).
About Northwestern Elementary School
Northwestern Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Albion, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 350 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.
Northwestern Elementary School is among 4 schools run by Northwestern SD, which serves 1,176 students.
Northwestern Elementary School's enrollment is 93% White. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Erie County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is higher. Northwestern Elementary School's diversity index is 13%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 30.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.5:1. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 74% for public schools in Erie County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Northwestern Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Pennsylvania, Northwestern Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.6% compared with a predicted 36.1%.
Erie County census figures show that the median household income is $63,354, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Erie County is home to 68 public schools and about 35,738 public school students.
The closest public school to Northwestern Elementary School is Northwestern Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Northwestern Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment climbed 6% from its 2020-21 level of 331. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.3:1 to 11.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Northwestern Elementary School. 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 Northwestern SD
- Northwestern SHSHigh · 398 students
- Northwestern Middle SchoolMiddle · 266 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 162 students
Other schools in Albion
- Northwestern SHSHigh · 398 students
- Northwestern Middle SchoolMiddle · 266 students
Other Northwestern Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Northwestern Elementary. Northwestern Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 950 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolKokomo, IN · 665 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolWest Salem, OH · 632 students
- Northwestern ElementaryPoplar, WI · 515 students
- Northwestern ElementaryMardela Springs, MD · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Northwestern Middle School0.2 mi · 266
- Northwestern SHS0.2 mi · 398
- Springfield Elementary School5.9 mi · 162
- Conneaut Valley Elementary School7.5 mi · 374
- Conneaut Valley Middle School7.8 mi · 238
- Girard High School8.4 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Northwestern Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northwestern Elementary School?
Northwestern Elementary School enrolls approximately 350 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Northwestern Elementary School serve?
Northwestern Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwestern Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwestern Elementary School is approximately 11.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwestern Elementary School?
At Northwestern Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwestern Elementary School?
Northwestern Elementary School is overseen by Northwestern SD in Erie County.
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