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Alumni: what's one memory from Russell B Walter El Sch that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHERN TIOGA SD·NCES 421773007291
Russell B Walter El Sch
65 Jct Cross Road, Tioga, PA 16946 · (570) 827-2171 · Tioga County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
473 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
40.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -17.8pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
463
-42 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.8:1
% White
96%
was 95%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,945
Census ACS
Median income
$64,899
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northern Tioga SD
- Williamson SHSHigh · 543 students
- Cowanesque Valley JSHSHigh · 365 students
- Westfield Area El SchElementary · 315 students
- Clark Wood El SchElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Williamson SHS0.0 mi · 543
- Clark Wood El Sch10.3 mi · 303
- North Penn-Mansfield JSHS10.5 mi · 544
- Warren L Miller El Sch10.9 mi · 522
- CORNING PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING CENTER11.2 mi · 24
- TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.8 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Russell B Walter El SchHow many students attend Russell B Walter El Sch?
Russell B Walter El Sch enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Russell B Walter El Sch serve?
Russell B Walter El Sch serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Russell B Walter El Sch have?
Russell B Walter El Sch employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Russell B Walter El Sch?
Student demographics at Russell B Walter El Sch are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Russell B Walter El Sch in?
Russell B Walter El Sch is part of Northern Tioga SD.
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