Waynesburg Central El School

Waynesburg Central El School is an elementary campus of substantial scale in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, run under Central Greene SD, teacheing 761 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Central Greene SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,422 students. Waynesburg Central El School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Waynesburg Central El School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Greene County (around 69%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Waynesburg Central El School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,041 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Greene County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,331 students), of which Waynesburg Central El School is one.

Greene County Career and Technology Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Waynesburg Central El School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Waynesburg Central El School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 758 students in 2018 compared to 761 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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