Rolling Ridge El Sch

Rolling Ridge El Sch operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Erie, Pennsylvania, overseen by Harbor Creek SD. Current enrollment sits at 472 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Harbor Creek SD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,079 students, Rolling Ridge El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rolling Ridge El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Erie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Erie County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Rolling Ridge El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 58.2%; this one delivers 75.0%, a residual of +16.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Erie County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Rolling Ridge El Sch is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).

Nearest neighbor: Iroquois JSHS, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rolling Ridge El Sch. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rolling Ridge El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.6%.

Rolling Ridge El Sch operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 483 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 84%.

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