Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAWFORD CENTRAL SD·NCES 420708007265
West End Elementary School
12068 Brooks Rd, Meadville, PA 16335 · (814) 724-1450 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
307 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 56.3% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 26 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 West End Elementary School
West End Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End Elementary School this school | 310 | 99.0% | 61.4% |
| George J Plava Elementary School Mc Clellandtown | 314 | 98.7% | 36.2% |
| Clark Wood Elementary School Elkland | 303 | 99.7% | 43.7% |
| Cochranton Elementary School Cochranton | 311 | 99.0% | 46.4% |
| L R Appleman Elementary School Benton | 308 | 99.0% | 70.9% |
| Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School Claysburg | 346 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
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 West End Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #549 of 1,396 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #562 of 1,511 ▲ 25 | #2 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #563 of 1,511 ▼ 35 | #4 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #1,213 of 1,638 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #475 of 1,528 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #1,141 of 1,531 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #381 of 1,600 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #417 of 1,045 | #7 of 12 |
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
310
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 310 | 25.5 | 12.1:1 | 99% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 27.9 | 11.8:1 | 99% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 25.9 | 12.0:1 | 99% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 27 | 11.7:1 | 99% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 32.2 | 11.4:1 | 45% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 41% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 35% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 23% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 29 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West End Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (368 to 310); teachers down 21% (32.2 to 25.5).
About West End Elementary School
Meadville, Pennsylvania, is home to West End Elementary School, a small elementary school. School enrollment was 310 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 30% smaller than that.
Crawford Central SD enrolls 2,993 students in 8 schools, including West End Elementary School.
The student body at West End Elementary School is 88% White. Other reported shares: 9% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
West End Elementary School's 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.1:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Crawford County is 20 points.
West End Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places West End Elementary School in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 26.2 points above it (61.4% actual, 35.1% predicted).
West End Elementary School is located in Crawford County, where the median household income is $60,476, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides West End Elementary School, Crawford County has 25 other public schools.
Nearby, Second District Elementary School is about 4.2 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. West End Elementary School's average proficiency of 61.4% compares with 47.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, West End Elementary School enrolled 317; in 2024-25, 310.
Discussions about West End Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,716
Census ACS
Median income
$60,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crawford Central SD
- Meadville Area SHSHigh · 708 students
- Cochranton JSHSHigh · 341 students
- Meadville Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- First District Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Neason Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Second District Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Other schools in Meadville
- Meadville Area SHSHigh · 708 students
- Meadville Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- First District Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Neason Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Second District Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Crawford County Career and Technical CenterHigh · 16 students
Other West End Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named West End Elementary. West End Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- West End Elementary SchoolRome, GA · 1,005 students
- West End ElementaryEasley, SC · 643 students
- West End ElementaryWest End, NC · 413 students
- West End Elementary SchoolAltoona, AL · 390 students
- West End Elementary SchoolINDUSTRY, TX · 143 students
Nearby schools
- Second District Elementary School4.2 mi · 316
- Conneaut Lake-Sadsbury Elementary School4.3 mi · 392
- First District Elementary School4.6 mi · 334
- Conneaut Area Middle School4.9 mi · 408
- Neason Hill Elementary School5.0 mi · 333
- Meadville Area SHS5.5 mi · 708
Frequently asked questions
About West End Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West End Elementary School?
West End Elementary School enrolls approximately 310 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does West End Elementary School serve?
West End Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West End Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West End Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at West End Elementary School?
Student demographics at West End Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is West End Elementary School public or private?
West End Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Crawford Central SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.