Schools · Erie
Erie, PA schools
27 public, charter and private schools in Erie. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Erie’s School Grade: D
The public schools Erie’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 12%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (681)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 4,281 tested students and a graduating class of 854; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Erie City)12%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
71% graduate on time
Graduation rate
71%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
854
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #1026 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Erie
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Erie is home to 3 colleges
Gannon UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Erie4,281on campus
All 3 colleges in Erie →Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Erie4,046on campus
Mercyhurst UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Erie2,503on campusEvery school
All 27 schools in Erie
Showing 1–27 of 27 schools
Pfeiffer-Burleigh SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 690 students
DPublicHarding SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 633 students
DPublicGrover Cleveland El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 559 students
C-PublicJoAnna Connell SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 556 students
CPublicRobert Benjamin Wiley Community CSElementary · Grades PK–8 · 550 students
DCharterMcKinley El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 504 students
DPublicPerry El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 466 students
DPublicJefferson El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 447 students
DPublicDiehl SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 441 students
D-PublicEdison El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 427 students
D-PublicLincoln El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 347 students
DPublicSt. Luke SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 310 students
PrivateSt. James ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 210 students
PrivateErie Day SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 203 students
PrivateBlessed Sacrament SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 189 students
PrivateLuther Memorial AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 92 students
PrivateWoodrow Wilson MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 769 students
DPublicStrong Vincent MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 711 students
C-PublicEast MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 672 students
D-PublicErie HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,501 students
DPublicNorthwest PA Collegiate AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 750 students
C+PublicPerseus House CS of ExcellenceHigh · Grades 6–12 · 627 students
DCharterCathedral Preparatory SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 665 students
PrivateMercyhurst Preparatory SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 416 students
PrivateBethel Christian SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 196 students
PrivateDr. Gertrude A Barber Center, IncOther · Grades PK–12 · 172 students
PrivateElizabeth Lee Black Barber National InstituteOther · Grades PK–12 · 172 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.