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How has Tracy El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 561 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421533002059
Tracy Elementary School
2624 W 6th St, Erie, PA 16505 · (814) 835-5800 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% 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.
- B+Beats 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
13.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
299 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
53.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.6pp since 2023
Math
62.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 62.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 59.8% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Tracy Elementary School
Tracy Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Elementary School this school | 515 | 58.1% | 63.3% |
| James F Baugher Elementary School Milton | 560 | 55.5% | 53.1% |
| Tilden El Center Hamburg | 562 | 59.4% | 42.6% |
| Mowrey Elementary School Waynesboro | 534 | 56.9% | 52.5% |
| Conewago Twp Elementary School Hanover | 475 | 57.1% | 63.9% |
| Pleasant View Elementary School Red Lion | 436 | 57.6% | 53.2% |
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 Tracy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #484 of 1,396 | #17 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #459 of 1,511 ▲ 36 | #17 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #624 of 1,511 ▼ 143 | #18 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #491 of 1,638 | #14 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #859 of 1,528 | #22 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #915 of 1,531 | #18 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #846 of 1,600 | #21 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #855 of 1,045 | #18 of 24 |
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
515
+53 (+11%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 515 | 38.7 | 13.3:1 | 58% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 34.7 | 14.8:1 | 58% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 34.8 | 14.6:1 | 59% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 56% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 37.7 | 14.3:1 | 54% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 54% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 43% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 43% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tracy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (541 to 515); teachers up 3% (37.7 to 38.7).
About Tracy Elementary School
At 2624 W 6th St in Erie, Pennsylvania, Tracy Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 515 students.
Millcreek Township SD serves 6,363 students across 9 schools.
The student body at Tracy Elementary School is 81% White. Other groups include 9% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 83% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Erie County is 16 points.
The allk12 Grade for Tracy Elementary School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Tracy Elementary School is 52.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Erie County show that the median household income is $63,354, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Tracy Elementary School, Erie County has 67 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Montessori Regional CS, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Tracy Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 63.3% against a local average of 41.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 53 more students in 2024-25.
The Tracy Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,052
Census ACS
Median income
$63,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
35,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Millcreek Township SD
- McDowell High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
- Belle Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Asbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- James S Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 547 students
- Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
Other schools in Erie
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 2,501 students
- McDowell High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Northwest PA Collegiate AcademyHigh · 750 students
- Strong Vincent Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
Other Tracy Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Tracy Elementary. Tracy Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Tracy Elementary SchoolEaston, PA · 410 students
- Tracy ElementaryBaldwin Park, CA · 498 students
- TRACY ELEMENTARYTRACY, MN · 359 students
- Tracy ElementaryTracy City, TN · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Montessori Regional CS0.4 mi · 626
- Harding School1.2 mi · 633
- Strong Vincent Middle School1.6 mi · 711
- Westlake Middle School2.5 mi · 477
- McDowell High School2.5 mi · 2,133
- Grover Cleveland Elementary School2.6 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Tracy Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tracy Elementary School?
Tracy Elementary School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tracy Elementary School serve?
Tracy Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Tracy Elementary School have?
Tracy Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tracy Elementary School?
At Tracy Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Tracy Elementary School public or private?
Tracy Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Millcreek Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.