Baron EL Sch

Set in Manheim, Pennsylvania, Baron EL Sch is a modestly sized primary school, one of the schools within Manheim Central SD. It educates 350 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Baron EL Sch sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Manheim Central SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,764 students; Baron EL Sch is among them.

Demographically, Baron EL Sch records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Baron EL Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.7%; this one delivers 50.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Baron EL Sch is one.

Manheim Central SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Baron EL Sch ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.