Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch

As an expansive elementary school in Erie, Pennsylvania, Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch teaches 690 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Erie City SD. That puts it 56% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Erie City SD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 10,473 students; Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch reports that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% White, 22% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Erie County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.6%; Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch posts 14.7%, -24.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Erie County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Perseus House CS of Excellence, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 25.9%.

Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 702 (now 690). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 16% to 8% over that span.

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