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Enrollment
761
Elementary
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL GREENE SD·NCES 420543000238
Waynesburg Central Elementary School
90 Zimmerman Dr, Waynesburg, PA 15370 · (724) 627-3081 · Greene County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
437 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
13%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
Waynesburg Central Elementary School→Waynesburg Central JSHS
Based on grade levels within Central Greene SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 43.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 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 Waynesburg Central Elementary School
Waynesburg Central Elementary School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesburg Central Elementary School this school | 761 | 57.4% | 49.1% |
| Bedford Elementary School Bedford | 764 | 53.1% | 46.0% |
| Tyrone Area Elementary School Tyrone | 682 | 60.6% | 52.9% |
| Greenville Elementary School Greenville | 626 | 62.1% | 55.1% |
| Latrobe Elementary School Latrobe | 627 | 53.1% | 61.3% |
| Susquenita Elementary School Duncannon | 646 | 54.0% | 44.4% |
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 Waynesburg Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #887 of 1,396 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #846 of 1,511 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #838 of 1,511 ▲ 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #91 of 1,638 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #551 of 1,528 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #1,353 of 1,531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #856 of 1,600 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #433 of 450 |
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
761
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 954
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 761 | 61.5 | 12.4:1 | 57% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 64.5 | 11.6:1 | 59% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 765 | 55.5 | 13.8:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 52% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 55.3 | 13.7:1 | 52% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 61 | 13.6:1 | 46% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 62 | 12.6:1 | 45% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 954 | 65 | 14.7:1 | 48% (457) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waynesburg Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (758 to 761); teachers up 11% (55.3 to 61.5).
About Waynesburg Central Elementary School
In Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Waynesburg Central Elementary School is a large elementary school. There are 761 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 72% larger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
The 2 schools in Central Greene SD enroll 1,422 students altogether, Waynesburg Central Elementary School among them.
A large majority of enrollment at Waynesburg Central Elementary School is White, at 93%. It is also 3% multiracial. Among Greene County residents, the White share is about 92%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Waynesburg Central Elementary School scores 13%.
Teacher count: 61.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.4:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Roughly 57% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Greene County is 69%.
Waynesburg Central Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Waynesburg Central Elementary School is 3.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.1% actual, 53.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
American Community Survey estimates for Greene County show that the median household earns about $68,041 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 13, with about 4,331 students.
Greene County Career and Technology Center, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Waynesburg Central Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Waynesburg Central Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 760 in 2020-21 to 761 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 12.4:1 over the same years.
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Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,835
Census ACS
Median income
$68,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,331 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Greene SD
- Waynesburg Central JSHSHigh · 661 students
- Miller Middle SchoolCombined
Other schools in Waynesburg
- Waynesburg Central JSHSHigh · 661 students
- West Greene El CenterElementary · 333 students
- West Greene JSHSHigh · 307 students
- Greene County Career and Technology CenterHigh · 5 students
- Miller Middle SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Greene County Career and Technology Center0.1 mi · 5
- Waynesburg Central JSHS0.1 mi · 661
- Jefferson-Morgan MS/HS5.1 mi · 383
- Jefferson-Morgan Elementary School5.1 mi · 391
- West Greene JSHS7.3 mi · 307
- West Greene El Center7.3 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Waynesburg Central Elementary SchoolHow large is Waynesburg Central Elementary School?
Waynesburg Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 761 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Waynesburg Central Elementary School serve?
Waynesburg Central Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Waynesburg Central Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Waynesburg Central Elementary School.
How diverse is Waynesburg Central Elementary School?
Waynesburg Central Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Waynesburg Central Elementary School in?
Waynesburg Central Elementary School is part of Central Greene SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.