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What's something Baresville El Sch does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WESTERN SD·NCES 422247004603
Baresville Elementary School
135 Sanford Ave, Hanover, PA 17331 · (717) 633-4870 · York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
309 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within South Western SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
42.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 40.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Baresville Elementary School
Baresville Elementary School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baresville Elementary School this school | 586 | 52.7% | 49.5% |
| Five Points Elementary School Bangor | 580 | 54.1% | N/A |
| Valley View El Center Peckville | 522 | 50.0% | N/A |
| James F Baugher Elementary School Milton | 560 | 55.5% | 53.1% |
| Hereford Elementary School Hereford | 504 | 49.8% | 54.7% |
| Susquenita Elementary School Duncannon | 646 | 54.0% | 44.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Baresville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #878 of 1,396 | #45 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #950 of 1,511 ▲ 7 | #48 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #716 of 1,511 ▲ 219 | #35 of 62 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #289 of 1,638 | #8 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,233 of 1,528 | #54 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #854 of 1,531 | #39 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #951 of 1,600 | #34 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #165 of 450 | #6 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
586
+69 (+13%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 586 | 39.5 | 14.8:1 | 53% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 36.3 | 15.5:1 | 55% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 36.5 | 15.2:1 | 48% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 38 | 13.6:1 | 42% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 37.1 | 14.2:1 | 29% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 41% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 29% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 12% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 18 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baresville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (527 to 586); teachers up 6% (37.1 to 39.5).
About Baresville Elementary School
Baresville Elementary School serves students in Hanover, Pennsylvania, as a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 586 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
South Western SD has 4,378 students spread across 6 schools.
At Baresville Elementary School, White students make up 79% of the student body. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. For comparison, York County is about 81% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.8 students per teacher. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 53% of students. For comparison, public schools in York County average 53%.
allk12 grades Baresville Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 55.0% for a school in Pennsylvania with Baresville Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Baresville Elementary School posts 49.5%.
In York County (population about 462,924), the median household income is $84,829, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Baresville Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Baresville Elementary School is Hanover Street Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Baresville Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Baresville Elementary School is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 69 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Western SD
- South Western SHSHigh · 1,380 students
- Emory H Markle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Park Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- West Manheim Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Manheim Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
Other schools in Hanover
- South Western SHSHigh · 1,380 students
- Emory H Markle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Hanover Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Hanover SHSHigh · 578 students
- Park Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- West Manheim Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Hanover Street Elementary School0.8 mi · 269
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 213
- Hanover SHS1.1 mi · 578
- South Western SHS1.1 mi · 1,380
- Emory H Markle Middle School1.3 mi · 1,046
- Hanover Middle School1.3 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Baresville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Baresville Elementary School?
Baresville Elementary School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Baresville Elementary School serve?
Baresville Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Baresville Elementary School have?
Baresville Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Baresville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Baresville Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Baresville Elementary School?
Baresville Elementary School is overseen by South Western SD in York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.