Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 163 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALD EAGLE AREA SD·NCES 420291001330
Wingate Elementary School
776 S Eagle Valley Rd, Wingate, PA 16823 · (814) 355-4872 · Centre County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest 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
10.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
194 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Wingate Elementary School→Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS
Based on grade levels within Bald Eagle Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 45.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Wingate Elementary School
Wingate Elementary School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate Elementary School this school | 365 | 53.2% | 45.5% |
| W.A. McCreery Elementary School Marion Center | 372 | 53.0% | 53.7% |
| Oakview Elementary School Stoneboro | 348 | 53.7% | 77.5% |
| Meyersdale Area Elementary School Meyersdale | 338 | 53.3% | 63.9% |
| Line Mountain Elementary School Trevorton | 355 | 56.1% | 49.1% |
| Southern Fulton Elementary School Warfordsburg | 346 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
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 Wingate Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Centre County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #971 of 1,396 | #19 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #883 of 1,511 ▼ 18 | #18 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,131 of 1,511 ▲ 14 | #19 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #1,006 of 1,638 | #5 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #151 of 1,528 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #1,470 of 1,531 | #15 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #939 of 1,600 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #346 of 450 | #7 of 7 |
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
365
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 365 | 34.3 | 10.6:1 | 53% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 34.3 | 10.5:1 | 54% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 33.8 | 11.0:1 | 48% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 32 | 11.4:1 | 42% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 30.2 | 11.7:1 | 43% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 39% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 29% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 30 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wingate Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (353 to 365); teachers up 14% (30.2 to 34.3).
About Wingate Elementary School
Wingate Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Wingate, Pennsylvania. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 365 students enrolled.
Wingate Elementary School sits within Bald Eagle Area SD, which has 5 schools and 1,482 students.
White students are 96% of those enrolled at Wingate Elementary School. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial. That compares with about 84% White among all Centre County residents. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Wingate Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Wingate Elementary School totals 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 53% of students (194) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Centre County is 31%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wingate Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 25% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school with Wingate Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 54.8%. Wingate Elementary School scores 45.5%, 9.3 points below that line.
For the population of Centre County, median household income comes to about $74,291, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Centre County's 33 public schools enroll about 13,674 students and include Wingate Elementary School.
Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS sits about 0.1 miles from Wingate Elementary School. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wingate Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Wingate Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 364 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 365.
The allk12 page for Wingate Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bald Eagle Area SD
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHSHigh · 832 students
- Mountaintop Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 104 students
- Port Matilda Elementary SchoolElementary · 94 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolElementary · 87 students
Other Wingate Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wingate Elementary. Wingate Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Wingate Elementary SchoolShiloh, IL · 424 students
- Wingate ElementaryWingate, NC · 394 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolFt. Wingate, NM · 366 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolGRAND JUNCTION, CO · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS0.1 mi · 832
- Bellefonte Elementary School2.2 mi · 318
- Benner Elementary School2.9 mi · 252
- Bellefonte Area Middle School3.1 mi · 591
- Bellefonte Area High School3.1 mi · 850
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology5.3 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Wingate Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wingate Elementary School?
Wingate Elementary School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wingate Elementary School serve?
Wingate Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wingate Elementary School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Wingate Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wingate Elementary School?
At Wingate Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Wingate Elementary School public or private?
Wingate Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bald Eagle Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.