Elementary school (grades K-5) · Eighty Four, PA

Wylandville El Sch

Federal NCES profile for Wylandville El Sch, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 49/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 420489004214
0/100100/10049/100
👥 S:T ratio
25
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
92
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Wylandville El Sch earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 96% of Pennsylvania schools.

49
Resource Index · Higher
18.7:1
large classes for Pennsylvania
18.8%
free-lunch eligible
318
students enrolled

Wylandville El Sch has class sizes larger than 96% of Pennsylvania schools. Computed live against every Pennsylvania school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

318

Pennsylvania · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

17.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

18.7:1

vs 13.6:1 Pennsylvania avg

+38% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

18.8%

vs 58.1% Pennsylvania avg

-68% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Wylandville El Sch compares with Pennsylvania and U.S. medians

Larger classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Wylandville El Sch

Wylandville El Sch is a lower-poverty, mid-sized elementary school in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, enrolling 318 students.

Class loads run heavy: 18.7:1 is larger than about 96% of Pennsylvania schools and 38% above the 13.6:1 state mean, so each teacher carries more students than is typical.

Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 18.8% free-meal eligibility runs 68% below the Pennsylvania average.

Enrollment of 318 puts it in the smaller third of Pennsylvania schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 2,889 scored Pennsylvania schools.

Among 230 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Pennsylvania schools statewide, it ranks #168, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is predominantly White (87% of enrollment) (diversity index 23/100).

Attendance holds up well here: only 3.1% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

The surrounding Canon-Mcmillan Sd spends $13,471 per pupil, 25% below the Pennsylvania average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Canon-Mcmillan Sd also operates Canon-Mcmillan Shs (1,660 students) and Canonsburg Ms (836 students) alongside Wylandville El Sch.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Wylandville El Sch compares

Wylandville El Sch on the metrics families compare, against Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 18.7:1 ▲ 38% 13.6:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 18.8% ▼ 68% 58.1% 51.7%
Enrollment 318 top 74% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

18.7:1
Leaner classes than 21% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
318
Bigger than 35% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
18.8%
free-lunch eligible - 68% below the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
18.7:1
students per teacher - 38% above state mean
Top 96% in Pennsylvania - lower ratio than 4% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
3.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$13,471
per pupil, district-wide - below Pennsylvania avg of $17,970
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.3 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 87.4%
Asian 3.8%
Two or More 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
African American 1.9%

Largest group: White at 87.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 23.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 23.2, Wylandville El Sch is less mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Canon-Mcmillan Sd, which includes Wylandville El Sch.

$13,471
Per student
-25%
vs Pennsylvania
Avg $17,970
-19%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 69.3%
State 25.5%
Federal 5.2%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Wylandville El Sch Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Canon-Mcmillan Shs Larger Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio
Canonsburg Ms Larger Similar economic need Lower S:T ratio
Muse El Sch Larger Higher economic need Similar S:T ratio
South Central El Larger Higher economic need Lower S:T ratio
North Strabane Intrmd Sch Larger Similar economic need Lower S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Wylandville El Sch's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Canon-Mcmillan Sd · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Pennsylvania, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Wylandville El Sch's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Wylandville El Sch

How many students attend Wylandville El Sch?

Wylandville El Sch has 318 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Eighty Four, PA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Wylandville El Sch?

The student-teacher ratio at Wylandville El Sch is 18.7:1, which is 38% higher than the Pennsylvania average of 13.6:1 and 19% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Wylandville El Sch?

18.8% of students at Wylandville El Sch are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Wylandville El Sch?

The largest demographic group at Wylandville El Sch is White at 87.4% of enrollment, in Eighty Four, PA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Wylandville El Sch?

Wylandville El Sch has a Resource Investment Index of 49/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Wylandville El Sch a good school?

Wylandville El Sch earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 96% of Pennsylvania schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Canon-Mcmillan Sd?

Besides Wylandville El Sch, Canon-Mcmillan Sd also operates Canon-Mcmillan Shs (1,660 students), Canonsburg Ms (836 students), and Muse El Sch (759 students). See the Canon-Mcmillan Sd district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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