Russell B Walter El Sch

Russell B Walter El Sch is a mid-tier K-5 school in Tioga, Pennsylvania, run under Northern Tioga SD. The school educates 463 students in grades K through 6.

Russell B Walter El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Northern Tioga SD, a district that caters to 1,989 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Russell B Walter El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 2% multiracial. Compared to Tioga County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Russell B Walter El Sch lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Russell B Walter El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 102% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Tioga County's rate of about 73%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Russell B Walter El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.8%; Russell B Walter El Sch posts 53.3%, +19.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Tioga County) records that median household earnings sit near $64,899, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tioga County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,053 students), of which Russell B Walter El Sch is one.

Williamson SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Russell B Walter El Sch comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

Russell B Walter El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Russell B Walter El Sch has ticked down 8%, going from 505 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025.

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