Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN WAYNE SD·NCES 422607004311
Robert D Wilson Elementary School
74 Belmont St, Waymart, PA 18472 · (800) 321-9973 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
180 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Based on grade levels within Western Wayne SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
63.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 65.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 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 Robert D Wilson Elementary School
Robert D Wilson Elementary School's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert D Wilson Elementary School this school | 345 | 52.2% | 63.1% |
| Spring Cove Elementary School Roaring Spring | 337 | 52.5% | N/A |
| North Side Primary School Ellwood City | 376 | 50.5% | N/A |
| Southern Fulton Elementary School Warfordsburg | 346 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
| Northeast Bradford Elementary School Rome | 330 | 54.8% | 54.9% |
| Bellefonte Elementary School Bellefonte | 318 | 51.9% | 53.0% |
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 Robert D Wilson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #489 of 1,396 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #443 of 1,511 ▼ 108 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #686 of 1,511 ▼ 198 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,087 of 1,638 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #380 of 1,528 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #1,178 of 1,531 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #960 of 1,600 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.7% | #109 of 450 | N/A |
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
345
+54 (+19%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 345 | 29.3 | 11.8:1 | 52% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 27.3 | 12.0:1 | 55% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 26.5 | 11.6:1 | 55% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 26 | 11.2:1 | 50% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 50% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 52% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 49% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 44% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 32 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert D Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (293 to 345); teachers up 27% (23 to 29.3).
About Robert D Wilson Elementary School
Robert D Wilson Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Waymart, Pennsylvania. There are 345 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 22% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Robert D Wilson Elementary School belongs to Western Wayne SD, a district of 4 schools and 1,796 students.
By race and ethnicity, Robert D Wilson Elementary School is 89% White. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In Wayne County overall, the White share is about 89%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Teacher count: 29.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.8:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Roughly 52% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Robert D Wilson Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Robert D Wilson Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 63.1% actual against 55.2% predicted.
For the population of Wayne County, the median household earns about $62,381 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Robert D Wilson Elementary School shares Wayne County with 10 other public schools.
A public school about 4.4 miles away, Fell CS, is the closest to Robert D Wilson Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Robert D Wilson Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 63.1% is above the 42.6% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 19% rise took enrollment from 291 in 2020-21 to 345 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,262
Census ACS
Median income
$62,381
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Western Wayne SD
- Western Wayne High SchoolHigh · 562 students
- EverGreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Western Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Fell CS4.4 mi · 111
- Carbondale Area JSHS5.5 mi · 736
- Western Wayne High School5.6 mi · 562
- Western Wayne Middle School5.6 mi · 367
- Carbondale Elementary School5.7 mi · 755
- Forest City Regional Elementary School6.0 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Robert D Wilson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robert D Wilson Elementary School?
Robert D Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Robert D Wilson Elementary School serve?
Robert D Wilson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Robert D Wilson Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Robert D Wilson Elementary School.
How diverse is Robert D Wilson Elementary School?
Robert D Wilson Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Robert D Wilson Elementary School public or private?
Robert D Wilson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Western Wayne SD.
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