Bainbridge El Sch

Bainbridge El Sch is a modestly sized K-5 school in Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, overseen by Elizabethtown Area SD. The school enrolls 219 students in grades K through 2. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Elizabethtown Area SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,525 students. Bainbridge El Sch is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bainbridge El Sch logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Lancaster County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lancaster County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Lancaster County reports that median household income runs about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lancaster County's 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), Bainbridge El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: York Haven El Sch, around 2.6 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.