W W Evans Memorial El Sch

W W Evans Memorial El Sch is one of the compact K-5 schools in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, overseen by Bloomsburg Area SD, with 250 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

W W Evans Memorial El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Bloomsburg Area SD, a district that serves 1,492 students overall.

Demographically, W W Evans Memorial El Sch reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, W W Evans Memorial El Sch shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Columbia County (around 56%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, W W Evans Memorial El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.5%; this one delivers 60.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Columbia County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,644 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Columbia County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,501 students), of which W W Evans Memorial El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bloomsburg Area MS, around 1.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W W Evans Memorial El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 35%: 185 students in 2018 compared to 250 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the W W Evans Memorial El Sch community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.