Enrollment
254
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLENPAUPACK AREA SD·NCES 422475004305
Wallenpaupack South Elementary School
989 Main St, Newfoundland, PA 18445 · (570) 676-3335 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
B+
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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
9.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
251 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Wallenpaupack South Elementary School→Wallenpaupack Area Middle School→Wallenpaupack Area High School
Based on grade levels within Wallenpaupack Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
56.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 56.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 46.2% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 19 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 →
Schools most like Wallenpaupack South Elementary School
Wallenpaupack South Elementary School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallenpaupack South Elementary School this school | 254 | 98.8% | 54.5% |
| Priestley School Northumberland | 250 | 98.0% | N/A |
| Emily Brittain Elementary School Butler | 255 | 95.7% | 49.4% |
| Trinity North Elementary School Washington | 232 | 98.7% | 57.0% |
| Baker Elementary School Altoona | 263 | 98.9% | 69.9% |
| Shirley Twp Elementary School Mount Union | 279 | 96.8% | 32.0% |
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 Wallenpaupack South Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #748 of 1,396 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #629 of 1,511 ▲ 214 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #756 of 1,511 ▲ 156 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #1,398 of 1,638 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #41 of 1,528 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #963 of 1,531 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #403 of 1,600 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #794 of 1,045 | N/A |
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
254
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 254 | 26.8 | 9.5:1 | 99% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 27.8 | 9.5:1 | 99% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 26 | 9.8:1 | 73% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 28 | 9.0:1 | 65% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 27.3 | 10.0:1 | 52% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 28 | 10.1:1 | 52% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 51% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 35% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallenpaupack South Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (272 to 254); teachers down 2% (27.3 to 26.8).
About Wallenpaupack South Elementary School
Students in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, attend Wallenpaupack South Elementary School, a small elementary school. It had 254 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students, which makes this school 43% below average.
Wallenpaupack Area SD oversees Wallenpaupack South Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 2,759 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Wallenpaupack South Elementary School is 82% White. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 9.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Of all students at Wallenpaupack South Elementary School, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Wayne County is 56%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wallenpaupack South Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 66% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Wallenpaupack South Elementary School is 35.2%. It actually posts 54.5%, which is 19.3 points higher and in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Wayne County show that the median household earns about $62,381 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Wayne County has 11 public schools with about 4,372 students, including Wallenpaupack South Elementary School.
The closest school to Wallenpaupack South Elementary School is EverGreen Elementary School, located about 8.6 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within ten miles of Wallenpaupack South Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Wallenpaupack South Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Wallenpaupack South Elementary School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 251 in 2020-21, 254 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,262
Census ACS
Median income
$62,381
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wallenpaupack Area SD
- Wallenpaupack Area High SchoolHigh · 986 students
- Wallenpaupack Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Wallenpaupack North Intrmd SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Wallenpaupack North Prim SchoolElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- EverGreen Elementary School8.6 mi · 522
- North Pocono High School9.7 mi · 915
- North Pocono Middle School11.0 mi · 685
- Clear Run El Center11.1 mi · 658
- North Pocono Intmd School11.1 mi · 445
- Evergreen Community CS11.2 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About Wallenpaupack South Elementary SchoolHow large is Wallenpaupack South Elementary School?
Wallenpaupack South Elementary School enrolls approximately 254 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wallenpaupack South Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wallenpaupack South Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wallenpaupack South Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wallenpaupack South Elementary School is approximately 9.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wallenpaupack South Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wallenpaupack South Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Wallenpaupack South Elementary School in?
Wallenpaupack South Elementary School is part of Wallenpaupack Area SD.
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