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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 Elementary School
65 Jct Cross Road, Tioga, PA 16946 · (570) 827-2171 · Tioga County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
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.
- ABeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 50.7% |
% 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
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 →
Where Russell B Walter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Tioga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #779 of 1,396 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #736 of 1,511 ▲ 5 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #1,011 of 1,511 ▼ 330 | #5 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #647 of 1,638 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,053 of 1,528 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.4% | #1,456 of 1,531 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #208 of 1,600 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #726 of 1,045 | #5 of 7 |
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
463
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 463 | 33.2 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 34.5 | 13.7:1 | 100% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 34.2 | 14.4:1 | 100% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 63% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 34.2 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 58% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 44% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 23 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell B Walter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (505 to 463); teachers down 3% (34.2 to 33.2).
About Russell B Walter Elementary School
Russell B Walter Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Tioga, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 463 students covers kindergarten through 6.
Russell B Walter Elementary School is part of Northern Tioga SD, where 5 schools serve 1,989 students.
White students make up 96% of enrollment at Russell B Walter Elementary School. Smaller groups are 2% multiracial. For comparison, Tioga County is about 96% White. Russell B Walter Elementary School's diversity index is 8%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.9:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
The allk12 Grade for Russell B Walter Elementary School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Russell B Walter Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Pennsylvania. Predicted: 33.8%. Actual: 53.3%.
Tioga County has about 40,945 residents, and the median household income is $64,899, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Tioga County has 14 public schools and roughly 5,053 students.
Nearest public school: Williamson SHS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Russell B Walter Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.3% against a local average of 42.1%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Russell B Walter Elementary School had 480 students, to 2024-25, when it had 463.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Clark Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Williamson SHS0.0 mi · 543
- Clark Wood Elementary School10.3 mi · 303
- North Penn-Mansfield JSHS10.5 mi · 544
- Warren L Miller Elementary School10.9 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 Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Russell B Walter Elementary School?
Russell B Walter Elementary School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Russell B Walter Elementary School serve?
Russell B Walter Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Russell B Walter Elementary School have?
Russell B Walter Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Russell B Walter Elementary School?
Student demographics at Russell B Walter Elementary School are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Russell B Walter Elementary School in?
Russell B Walter Elementary School is part of Northern Tioga SD.
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