Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT LEBOEUF SD·NCES 420999002035
Waterford Elementary School
323 Cherry Street, Waterford, PA 16441 · (814) 796-4833 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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
12.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
232 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Fort LeBoeuf SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 62.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 18 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 Waterford Elementary School
Waterford Elementary School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford Elementary School this school | 340 | 68.2% | 66.5% |
| Chestnut Ridge Central Elementary School New Paris | 303 | 66.7% | N/A |
| Northern Potter Childrens School Ulysses | 293 | 67.6% | 44.5% |
| East Juniata Elementary School Richfield | 378 | 64.0% | 49.3% |
| Francis S Grandinetti Elementary School Ridgway | 359 | 63.2% | 57.3% |
| Standing Stone Elementary School Huntingdon | 382 | 65.7% | 49.7% |
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 Waterford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #401 of 1,396 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #387 of 1,511 ▲ 21 | #11 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #385 of 1,511 ▲ 52 | #12 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,103 of 1,638 | #29 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #477 of 1,528 | #10 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.8% | #1,389 of 1,531 | #31 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #741 of 1,600 | #20 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #537 of 1,045 | #9 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
340
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 340 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 68% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 66% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 64% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 30 | 11.6:1 | 57% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 28.2 | 13.8:1 | 44% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 59% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 45% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 35% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 20 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waterford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (389 to 340); teachers down 1% (28.2 to 28).
About Waterford Elementary School
In Waterford, Pennsylvania, Waterford Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school's enrollment of 340 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 23% lower than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Fort LeBoeuf SD counts 1,924 students in its 5 schools, and Waterford Elementary School is one of them.
Most students at Waterford Elementary School are White: 94% of enrollment. The remaining students are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Census figures show Erie County is about 83% White. By the diversity index, Waterford Elementary School comes in at 12%.
Teacher staffing is 28 full-time equivalents, or about 12.1 students per teacher. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 68%.
Waterford Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Pennsylvania with Waterford Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 48.4%. Waterford Elementary School scores 66.5%.
Erie County has these Census figures: median household income is about $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Erie County number 68 and enroll about 35,738.
The closest other public school is Fort LeBoeuf Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Waterford Elementary School is ahead of the 66.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Waterford Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (348) and 2024-25 (340).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Waterford Elementary School. 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 Fort LeBoeuf SD
- Fort LeBoeuf SHSHigh · 652 students
- Fort LeBoeuf Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
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- Mill Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 102 students
Other schools in Waterford
- Fort LeBoeuf SHSHigh · 652 students
- Fort LeBoeuf Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
Other Waterford Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Waterford Elementary. Waterford Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- WATERFORD ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 532 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolUrbandale, IA · 464 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolWaterford, NJ · 431 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolWaterford, OH · 428 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolGoshen, IN · 400 students
Nearby schools
- Fort LeBoeuf Middle School0.5 mi · 471
- Fort LeBoeuf SHS0.6 mi · 652
- Mill Village Elementary School4.8 mi · 102
- James W Parker Middle School7.4 mi · 652
- General McLane High School7.4 mi · 690
- Union City Elementary School8.1 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Waterford Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Waterford Elementary School?
Waterford Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Waterford Elementary School serve?
Waterford Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Waterford Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Waterford Elementary School.
How diverse is Waterford Elementary School?
Waterford Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Waterford Elementary School in?
Waterford Elementary School is part of Fort LeBoeuf SD.
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