Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLANCO SD·NCES 422181002656
Bart-Colerain Elementary School
1336 Noble Rd, Christiana, PA 17509 · (717) 529-2181 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
79 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 57.4% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Bart-Colerain Elementary School
Bart-Colerain Elementary School's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bart-Colerain Elementary School this school | 197 | 40.1% | 61.2% |
| Greenwich-Lenhartsville Elementary School Lenhartsville | 234 | 37.2% | 61.3% |
| Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School Kintnersville | 245 | 42.9% | 73.4% |
| Mt Wolf Elementary School Mt Wolf | 217 | 45.2% | 58.4% |
| Wellsville Campus Wellsville | 244 | 38.5% | 55.4% |
| South Buffalo Elementary School Freeport | 221 | 41.6% | 74.2% |
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 Bart-Colerain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #559 of 1,396 | #30 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #737 of 1,511 ▼ 182 | #34 of 62 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #380 of 1,511 ▲ 206 | #15 of 62 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #1,538 of 1,638 | #66 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #1,160 of 1,600 | #53 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #240 of 1,045 | #10 of 49 |
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
197
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 197 | 16.6 | 11.9:1 | 40% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 18.6 | 10.8:1 | 40% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 16.4 | 11.5:1 | 44% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 199 | 15 | 13.3:1 | 45% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 16.8 | 15.1:1 | 42% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 39% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 35% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 12 | 22.3:1 | 22% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 13 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bart-Colerain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (253 to 197); teachers down 1% (16.8 to 16.6).
About Bart-Colerain Elementary School
Located in Christiana, Pennsylvania, Bart-Colerain Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The student body numbers 197 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Bart-Colerain Elementary School is one school in a 7-school district, Solanco SD, which enrolls 3,000 students.
White students are the large majority at Bart-Colerain Elementary School, with 88% of enrollment. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, Bart-Colerain Elementary School comes in at 21%.
Bart-Colerain Elementary School's 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 40%. That is 15 points below the 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County.
The allk12 Grade for Bart-Colerain Elementary School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bart-Colerain Elementary School, the prediction is 60.4% and the result is 61.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lancaster County show that median household income is about $86,959, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Bart-Colerain Elementary School is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County, which together enroll about 62,719 students.
The shortest distance from Bart-Colerain Elementary School to another public school is about 3.9 miles, to Smith Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Bart-Colerain Elementary School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 197, close to the 199 recorded in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2020-21 to 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Solanco SD
- Solanco High SchoolHigh · 980 students
- Clermont Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 367 students
- Quarryville Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Swift Middle SchoolMiddle · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Smith Middle School3.9 mi · 367
- Solanco High School4.5 mi · 980
- Quarryville Elementary School4.5 mi · 346
- Swift Middle School7.0 mi · 326
- Clermont Elementary School7.1 mi · 398
- Octorara Area JSHS7.3 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About Bart-Colerain Elementary SchoolHow large is Bart-Colerain Elementary School?
Bart-Colerain Elementary School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bart-Colerain Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bart-Colerain Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Bart-Colerain Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Bart-Colerain Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bart-Colerain Elementary School?
At Bart-Colerain Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Bart-Colerain Elementary School public or private?
Bart-Colerain Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Solanco SD.
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