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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON SD·NCES 422658000883
Whitfield Elementary School
2700 Van Reed Rd, West Lawn, PA 19609 · (610) 670-0180 · Berks County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- C+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
11.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
232 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
60.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.9% | 52.5% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Whitfield Elementary School
Whitfield Elementary School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield Elementary School this school | 573 | 40.5% | 61.6% |
| Wyomissing Hills El Center Wyomissing | 615 | 41.1% | 66.5% |
| South Lebanon Elementary School Lebanon | 554 | 44.9% | 61.4% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School Fleetwood | 564 | 39.7% | 49.8% |
| Shiloh Hills Elementary School Sinking Spring | 572 | 46.7% | 61.6% |
| Lorane Elementary School Reading | 456 | 45.0% | 51.4% |
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 Whitfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #540 of 1,396 | #7 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #519 of 1,511 ▲ 164 | #11 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #419 of 1,511 ▲ 204 | #2 of 47 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #322 of 1,638 | #13 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #293 of 1,528 | #5 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #381 of 1,531 | #8 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #1,151 of 1,600 | #34 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #378 of 450 | #13 of 14 |
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
573
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 573 | 50 | 11.5:1 | 40% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 53 | 11.1:1 | 40% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 32% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 43.4 | 12.9:1 | 32% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 24% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 606 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 10% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 579 | 31 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (560 to 573); teachers up 15% (43.4 to 50).
About Whitfield Elementary School
Whitfield Elementary School, located in West Lawn, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 573 students. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 29% higher.
Wilson SD runs 8 schools with a combined 6,444 students. Whitfield Elementary School is one of them.
A majority of students at Whitfield Elementary School, 59%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Berks County, the White share is about 70%. The chance that two students picked at random at Whitfield Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
With 50 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Whitfield Elementary School was 11.5:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. Whitfield Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 40%. Among public schools in Berks County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Whitfield Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.3%. Whitfield Elementary School scores 61.6%.
Berks County census figures show that median household income is about $79,777, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 95 public schools operate in Berks County, serving about 62,375 students.
Nearest public school: Wilson High School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Whitfield Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 587 students in 2020-21 and 573 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Community posts for Whitfield Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson SD
- Wilson High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Wilson West Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Wilson Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Spring Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Shiloh Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson High School0.3 mi · 2,133
- Wilson Southern Middle School1.1 mi · 753
- Cornwall Terrace Elementary School1.1 mi · 553
- Spring Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 575
- Wyomissing Hills El Center1.4 mi · 615
- Wyomissing Area JSHS1.9 mi · 965
Frequently asked questions
About Whitfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Whitfield Elementary School?
Whitfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Whitfield Elementary School serve?
Whitfield Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Whitfield Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Whitfield Elementary School.
How diverse is Whitfield Elementary School?
Whitfield Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Whitfield Elementary School public or private?
Whitfield Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wilson SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.