Bart-Colerain El Sch

Bart-Colerain El Sch, a low-enrollment primary school in Christiana, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Solanco SD, teaches 197 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 56% leaner than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Solanco SD (3,000 students total), Bart-Colerain El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bart-Colerain El Sch logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 40% 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 below Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bart-Colerain El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.4%; this one delivers 61.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) logs that median household income runs about $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Bart-Colerain El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Smith MS, roughly 3.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bart-Colerain El Sch comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

Bart-Colerain El Sch operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 253 students in 2018 compared to 197 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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