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Annville El Sch
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Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Annville El Sch
Annville El Sch is one of the average-sized primary schools in Annville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Annville-Cleona SD, with 429 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 6.
Annville-Cleona SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,430 students; Annville El Sch is among them.
On the student-mix side, Annville El Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Lebanon County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Annville El Sch records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Lebanon County's rate of about 61%.
After controlling for student poverty, Annville El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 56.8%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lebanon County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,425, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Lebanon County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,804 students), of which Annville El Sch is one.
Nearest neighbor: Annville-Cleona MS, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Annville El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.2%.
Annville El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Annville El Sch's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 436 (now 429). The White share of enrollment fell from 85% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Annville El Sch typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Lebanon County at a glance
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