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Enrollment
690
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ERIE CITY SD·NCES 420930007035
Pfeiffer-Burleigh School
235 E 11th St, Erie, PA 16503 · (814) 874-6750 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
612 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 | 14 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
72%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
9.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
11.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 | 9.6% | 11.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.8% | 11.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pfeiffer-Burleigh School
Pfeiffer-Burleigh School's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfeiffer-Burleigh School this school | 690 | 88.7% | 14.7% |
| Primos Elementary School Primos | 499 | 93.0% | 38.3% |
| Bache-Martin School Philadelphia | 614 | 92.3% | 43.9% |
| Shawmont School Philadelphia | 471 | 88.5% | 43.8% |
| Roy A. Hunt Elementary School Arnold | 609 | 96.1% | 26.2% |
| Henry Charles W School Philadelphia | 518 | 95.8% | 56.9% |
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 Pfeiffer-Burleigh School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #1,337 of 1,396 | #28 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #1,403 of 1,511 ▼ 24 | #30 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #1,489 of 1,511 ▼ 75 | #29 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #150 of 1,638 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,015 of 1,528 | #26 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #55 of 1,531 | #4 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #664 of 1,600 | #19 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #975 of 1,045 | #21 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
690
+149 (+28%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 690 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 89% (612) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 52.5 | 10.8:1 | 100% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 99% (538) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 52 | 13.5:1 | 100% (702) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 100% (718) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 54 | 11.2:1 | 95% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 88% (608) |
| 1990-91 | 773 | 45 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pfeiffer-Burleigh School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (702 to 690); teachers down 4% (52 to 50).
About Pfeiffer-Burleigh School
The public elementary school Pfeiffer-Burleigh School is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 690 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
District-wide, Erie City SD has 15 schools and 10,473 students.
Pfeiffer-Burleigh School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 41%. Other students are 22% White, 22% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. By comparison, Erie County residents are about 7% Black. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 50 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pfeiffer-Burleigh School and a ratio of 13.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 89% of enrollment. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Erie County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Pfeiffer-Burleigh School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 14.7%, is 24.8 points below the 39.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Erie County has about 269,052 residents, and the median household income is $63,354, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Pfeiffer-Burleigh School, Erie County has 67 other public schools.
The school nearest to Pfeiffer-Burleigh School is Perseus House CS of Excellence, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pfeiffer-Burleigh School is 6th on average proficiency.
Pfeiffer-Burleigh School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment has grown by 149 students since 2020-21, to 690. By 2024-25, the school had 13.8 students per teacher, compared with 11.3 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Pfeiffer-Burleigh School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Harding SchoolElementary · 633 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
Nearby schools
- Perseus House CS of Excellence0.4 mi · 627
- East Middle School1.1 mi · 672
- Northwest PA Collegiate Academy1.1 mi · 750
- McKinley Elementary School1.2 mi · 504
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School1.2 mi · 769
- Lincoln Elementary School1.5 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Pfeiffer-Burleigh SchoolHow many students attend Pfeiffer-Burleigh School?
Pfeiffer-Burleigh School enrolls approximately 690 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pfeiffer-Burleigh School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pfeiffer-Burleigh School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pfeiffer-Burleigh School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Pfeiffer-Burleigh School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pfeiffer-Burleigh School?
At Pfeiffer-Burleigh School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 8% Hispanic, 41% Black, 6% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Pfeiffer-Burleigh School in?
Pfeiffer-Burleigh School is part of Erie City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.