Northwestern El Sch

Northwestern El Sch is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Albion, Pennsylvania, part of Northwestern SD, hosting 350 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 21% smaller than typical.

Within Northwestern SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,176 students, Northwestern El Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Northwestern El Sch records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Northwestern El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Erie County's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, Northwestern El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.1%; Northwestern El Sch posts 64.6%, +28.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Northwestern El Sch is one.

Northwestern MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwestern El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Northwestern El Sch's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 350). Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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