Robert D Wilson El School

Robert D Wilson El School, a modestly sized primary school in Waymart, Pennsylvania, overseen by Western Wayne SD, caters to 345 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Robert D Wilson El School sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

Western Wayne SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,796 students; Robert D Wilson El School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Robert D Wilson El School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Robert D Wilson El School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Robert D Wilson El School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Robert D Wilson El School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $62,381, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Wayne County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,372 students), Robert D Wilson El School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fell CS, around 4.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Robert D Wilson El School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 89% over that span.

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