Wingate El Sch

Wingate El Sch is one of the intimate primary schools in Wingate, Pennsylvania, operated by Bald Eagle Area SD, with 365 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Bald Eagle Area SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,482 students; Wingate El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, Wingate El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. By comparison, Centre County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Wingate El Sch reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Wingate El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Centre County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wingate El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.8%; this one delivers 45.5%.

Around the school, Centre County reports that median household income runs about $74,291, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Centre County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,674 students), Wingate El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wingate El Sch ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 60.8%.

Wingate El Sch operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Wingate El Sch's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 353 (now 365). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.