Windber El Sch

Located at 421 Sugar Maple Dr, in Windber, Pennsylvania, Windber El Sch is a medium-sized elementary-level community that hosts 617 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Windber Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Windber El Sch sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

Within Windber Area SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,254 students, Windber El Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Windber El Sch records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Somerset County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Somerset County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Windber El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 58.0%, a residual of +23.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Somerset County) records that median household income runs about $61,446, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Windber El Sch is one of 29 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students).

Windber Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Windber El Sch at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.1%.

Windber El Sch operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 592 students in 2018 compared to 617 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 97% to 92%.

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