Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420384001608
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School
59 Perry Ave, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 · (570) 784-3167 · Columbia County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
82 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bloomsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.5pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 63.8% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 W W Evans Memorial Elementary School
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W W Evans Memorial Elementary School this school | 250 | 32.8% | 60.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Lake Ariel | 239 | 31.8% | 75.7% |
| Earl Elementary School Boyertown | 271 | 32.1% | 61.3% |
| Manheim Elementary School Glenville | 256 | 35.2% | 61.7% |
| N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary School Red Lion | 240 | 36.3% | 53.0% |
| Fawn Area Elementary School Fawn Grove | 249 | 36.5% | 68.5% |
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 W W Evans Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #573 of 1,396 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #717 of 1,511 ▼ 329 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #718 of 1,511 ▼ 233 | #5 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #1,411 of 1,638 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,109 of 1,528 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,180 of 1,531 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.8% | #1,292 of 1,600 | #7 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
250
+41 (+20%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 226
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 250 | 17.7 | 14.2:1 | 33% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 16.5 | 15.4:1 | 32% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 220 | 15.7 | 14.0:1 | 31% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 16 | 13.1:1 | 28% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 185 | 17.3 | 10.7:1 | 37% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 17 | 12.9:1 | 43% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 34% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 15 | 17.4:1 | 24% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 226 | 15 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W W Evans Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (185 to 250); teachers up 2% (17.3 to 17.7).
About W W Evans Memorial Elementary School
Federal records list W W Evans Memorial Elementary School as an elementary school in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 250 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 44% smaller than average.
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School falls under Bloomsburg Area SD, which has 5 schools enrolling 1,492 students.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at W W Evans Memorial Elementary School. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Columbia County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. The school's diversity index is 21%, meaning two students picked at random have a 21% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School operates with 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 14.2:1 here. W W Evans Memorial Elementary School reports 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 56% average for public schools in Columbia County is 23 points higher.
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.5% at W W Evans Memorial Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.7%.
In Columbia County (population about 65,362), the median household income is $64,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. W W Evans Memorial Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in the county.
Bloomsburg Area Middle School is located about 1.2 miles from W W Evans Memorial Elementary School. The five-mile area around W W Evans Memorial Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 59.9% proficiency; W W Evans Memorial Elementary School posts 60.7%.
For locale, NCES codes W W Evans Memorial Elementary School as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment climbed 20% from its 2020-21 level of 209. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
Quick facts
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- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Bloomsburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
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- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical SchoolHigh · 609 students
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Nearby schools
- Bloomsburg Area Middle School1.2 mi · 380
- Bloomsburg Area High School1.3 mi · 362
- Memorial Elementary School1.3 mi · 405
- Hartman El Center6.1 mi · 480
- Southern Columbia High School6.1 mi · 348
- Southern Columbia Middle School6.1 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About W W Evans Memorial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at W W Evans Memorial Elementary School?
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does W W Evans Memorial Elementary School serve?
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does W W Evans Memorial Elementary School have?
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at W W Evans Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at W W Evans Memorial Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees W W Evans Memorial Elementary School?
W W Evans Memorial Elementary School is overseen by Bloomsburg Area SD in Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.