Enrollment
142
Middle
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILMINGTON AREA SD·NCES 422652000033
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School
400 Wood St, New Wilmington, PA 16142 · (724) 656-8866 · Lawrence County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
140 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 75 | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 47% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School→Wilmington Area JSHS
Feeds from
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 29.7% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School this school | 142 | 98.6% | 40.7% |
| Tunkhannock STEM Academy Tunkhannock | 137 | 97.8% | 32.2% |
| Mercer Area Middle School Mercer | 136 | 97.8% | 46.1% |
| A J McMullen School Markleysburg | 164 | 98.8% | 50.1% |
| West Branch Middle School Morrisdale | 191 | 98.4% | 35.4% |
| Benton Area Middle School Benton | 100 | 97.0% | 56.0% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #333 of 479 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #270 of 513 ▲ 72 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #351 of 513 ▲ 31 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 142 | #509 of 522 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #103 of 510 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -60.0% | #4 of 332 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
142
-160 (-53%) vs 2020
-75% since 2000-01, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 142 | 11.6 | 12.2:1 | 99% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 18.7 | 16.2:1 | 46% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 18.5 | 17.4:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 37% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 26.8 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 35% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 29% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 25% (140) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 60% (355 to 142); teachers down 57% (26.8 to 11.6).
About Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School is one of the public schools in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. It is a very small middle-grades school. The school covers grades 5 through 6 and reported 142 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 594, and this school is 76% below that mark.
Wilmington Area SD runs 3 schools with a combined 943 students. Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School is one of them.
White students account for 98% of the school's enrollment. Lawrence County's residents are about 90% White, 8 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 4, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.2:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. The 67% average for public schools in Lawrence County is 32 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 55% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.7% is 5.4 points above the 35.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Lawrence County area, median household income comes to about $61,931, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lawrence County's 25 public schools enroll about 11,015 students and include Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School.
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Wilmington Area JSHS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 40.7% is below the 56.8% average for nearby schools.
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 302 students at Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School; in 2024-25, 142. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The school's ratio dropped from 15.1:1 to 12.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,024
Census ACS
Median income
$61,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
11,015 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilmington Area SD
- Wilmington Area JSHSHigh · 444 students
- Wilmington Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other schools in New Wilmington
- Wilmington Area JSHSHigh · 444 students
- Wilmington Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Wilmington Area JSHS0.0 mi · 444
- Wilmington Area Elementary School0.2 mi · 357
- Neshannock Memorial Elementary School4.0 mi · 688
- Neshannock JSHS4.1 mi · 545
- Oakview Elementary School6.6 mi · 171
- Luther W Low Elementary School6.6 mi · 191
Frequently asked questions
About Wilmington Area Upper Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School?
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 142 students in grades 05-06.
Is Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School.
How diverse is Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School?
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School in?
Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School is part of Wilmington Area SD.
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