Wasson Avenue El Sch

Wasson Avenue El Sch operates as a mid-sized elementary school in DuBois, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within DuBois Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 395 students spanning grades K through 4.

DuBois Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,179 students; Wasson Avenue El Sch is among them.

Looking at the student body, Wasson Avenue El Sch lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Clearfield County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wasson Avenue El Sch has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Wasson Avenue El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 104% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Clearfield County runs at roughly 96%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wasson Avenue El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.1%; actual is 69.2%, +36.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Clearfield County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,152 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Clearfield County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,409 students), Wasson Avenue El Sch is one campus in the mix.

DuBois Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wasson Avenue El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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