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Which teacher or staff member at Wexford El Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINE-RICHLAND SD·NCES 420285000313
Wexford Elementary School
250 Brown Road, Wexford, PA 15090 · (724) 935-4631 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
26 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 31% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Wexford Elementary School→Eden Hall Upper Elementary School→Pine-Richland Middle School→Pine-Richland High School
Based on grade levels within Pine-Richland SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
81.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
87.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.3% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 85.2% |
% 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
85.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Wexford Elementary School
Wexford Elementary School's state test result (85.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wexford Elementary School this school | 449 | 5.8% | 85.2% |
| Baker Elementary School Pittsburgh | 471 | 9.1% | 93.0% |
| Streams Elementary School Pittsburgh | 468 | 10.5% | 88.7% |
| Richland Elementary School Gibsonia | 470 | 6.6% | 80.7% |
| Rose Tree Elementary School Media | 439 | 12.3% | 83.3% |
| Bradford Woods Elementary School Bradford Woods | 343 | 8.5% | 91.0% |
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 Wexford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #35 of 1,396 | #15 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #34 of 1,511 ▼ 7 | #21 of 141 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #56 of 1,511 ▼ 26 | #22 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #688 of 1,638 | #46 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,480 of 1,528 | #135 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #672 of 1,531 | #69 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.8% | #1,591 of 1,600 | #151 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #419 of 450 | #61 of 63 |
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
449
-89 (-17%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 449 | 25.9 | 17.4:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 24.7 | 17.9:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 23.8 | 18.2:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 26.2 | 17.1:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 25 | 17.1:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 25 | 21.5:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 15 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wexford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (446 to 449); teachers down 1% (26.2 to 25.9).
About Wexford Elementary School
Wexford Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Wexford, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 15090). The school covers kindergarten through 3 and reported 449 students in 2024-25.
Pine-Richland SD has 6 schools; together they serve 4,553 students.
More than half of the students at Wexford Elementary School are White (73%). The rest of enrollment is 13% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Allegheny County, where about 76% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wexford Elementary School scores 44%.
Based on 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Wexford Elementary School has a ratio of 17.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. Wexford Elementary School counts 6% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Wexford Elementary School outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Wexford Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 85.2% and a predicted 75.1%.
The school is in Allegheny County, where median household income comes to about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allegheny County counts 277 public schools with about 141,392 students.
Measured in a straight line, North Allegheny High School is about 1.4 miles from Wexford Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Wexford Elementary School is ahead of the 81.3% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
The NCES locale for Wexford Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 17% decline, from 538 to 449. The ratio was 16.3:1 in 2020-21 and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pine-Richland SD
- Pine-Richland High SchoolHigh · 1,449 students
- Eden Hall Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- Pine-Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Hance Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other schools in Wexford
- North Allegheny High SchoolHigh · 2,711 students
- Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
Nearby schools
- North Allegheny High School1.4 mi · 2,711
- Bradford Woods Elementary School1.6 mi · 343
- Marshall Elementary School2.7 mi · 800
- Ingomar Elementary School2.8 mi · 344
- Marshall Middle School2.9 mi · 847
- Pine-Richland Middle School2.9 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About Wexford Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wexford Elementary School?
Wexford Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades KG-03.
Is Wexford Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wexford Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Wexford Elementary School have?
Wexford Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Wexford Elementary School?
Wexford Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Wexford Elementary School in?
Wexford Elementary School is part of Pine-Richland SD.
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