The top reported proficiency rate is 90% in Science. The lowest is 60% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Asbury El Sch
Asbury Elementary is a public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in Fairview Township, Erie County. The school sits on Sterrettania Road in a suburban-rural setting characterized by rolling hills, farmland, lake access, and business parks. Fairview is a growing community on Lake Erie's south shore, roughly a short drive west of downtown Erie, with a defined village core along Route 20 and Maple Street but car-dependent patterns otherwise. The township is one of the few growing areas in Erie County, with ongoing residential development shifting the housing mix toward townhouses and apartments alongside traditional single-family homes.
The school enrolls a student body that is majority white, with smaller shares of Asian, Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. About a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating moderate economic diversity. The enrollment is mid-sized for an elementary school serving these grades. Staff counts and special-population rates were not available in the data, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about its services for students with IEPs or English learners.
On state assessments, Asbury's results show strength in science, where proficiency was very high on the most recent test available. Math proficiency sits at a moderate level, with about two-thirds of students reaching proficiency. English language arts proficiency is lower, with roughly six in ten students proficient. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to other districts in Erie County. A parent reading these results might see a school where science instruction is a genuine strength but where literacy performance, while not low by county standards, trails math and suggests a potential area for close attention.
The school operates within Millcreek Township School District, which serves multiple communities across the county. The district recently adopted a Portrait of a Graduate framework emphasizing six core competencies including critical thinking, collaboration, adaptability, communication, and empathy, with plans to weave these into instruction and school culture across all grade levels. This represents a deliberate pedagogical shift that will shape daily classroom experience. Families should note that the district has approved consecutive property-tax increases in 2024-25 and 2025-26, driven by rising salaries, health insurance, transportation, and charter-school tuition costs, which raises housing expenses for any family considering a move into the area.
Fairview itself is a place where suburban development and rural character coexist. Parks including Pleasant Ridge Park offer wooded trails and recreation; Lake Erie shoreline and steelhead fishing are accessible nearby. The village center has modest retail and dining. Transit exists but is limited; most residents drive. Housing costs are near state and national benchmarks, with ownership accessible to families with moderate to middle incomes, though property-tax pressures are rising. The township's residential growth pipeline includes multiple new subdivisions blending apartments, townhouses, and single-family homes, signaling both population gains and a shift in the type of housing stock families will find.
For a family seeking an elementary school where science is strong, literacy development matters, and the district is articulating an explicit values-based learning framework, Asbury fits a suburban pathway in a growing community. The school's lack of pre-K-through-5 testing results for all grades is typical for this grade band in Pennsylvania; state assessments begin in grade three, so younger students' progress is tracked through local or school-based measures. A visit to the school and conversation with staff about literacy support and how the Portrait of a Graduate is being enacted in early grades would help round out the picture.
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