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Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY SD·NCES 420882002552
Blue Ball Elementary School
126 Ewell Rd, East Earl, PA 17519 · (717) 354-1525 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
214 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Eastern Lancaster County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 44.7% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Blue Ball Elementary School
Blue Ball Elementary School's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ball Elementary School this school | 374 | 57.2% | 56.1% |
| Washington Elementary School Bangor | 375 | 57.3% | 66.0% |
| Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School Lykens | 373 | 59.8% | 60.2% |
| Stourbridge Primary Center Honesdale | 415 | 57.3% | N/A |
| Summitview Elementary School Waynesboro | 363 | 59.8% | 58.0% |
| S S Palmer Elementary School Palmerton | 399 | 58.6% | 46.7% |
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 Blue Ball Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #704 of 1,396 | #36 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #800 of 1,511 ▲ 73 | #38 of 62 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #487 of 1,511 ▲ 252 | #24 of 62 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #981 of 1,638 | #44 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #108 of 1,528 | #7 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #1,016 of 1,531 | #59 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #864 of 1,600 | #27 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #68 of 1,045 | #3 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
374
-52 (-12%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 374 | 36.7 | 10.2:1 | 57% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 37.8 | 10.5:1 | 54% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 36.8 | 12.0:1 | 50% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 43% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 38.3 | 15.0:1 | 47% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 42% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 25% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 19% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 27 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Ball Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (576 to 374); teachers down 4% (38.3 to 36.7).
About Blue Ball Elementary School
Blue Ball Elementary School is a small elementary school found in East Earl, Pennsylvania. The school had 374 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
A total of 5 schools make up Eastern Lancaster County SD, with 2,568 students enrolled.
White students make up 84% of enrollment at Blue Ball Elementary School. Other students are 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Lancaster County is about 82% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 36.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 10.2:1 here. Around 57% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County.
Blue Ball Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.1%. Blue Ball Elementary School scores 56.1%.
Within Lancaster County, the median household income is $86,959, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Blue Ball Elementary School, Lancaster County has 113 other public schools.
Garden Spot SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles away. Within five miles of Blue Ball Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Blue Ball Elementary School is ahead of the 51.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Blue Ball Elementary School's enrollment declined from 426 in 2020-21 to 374 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.2:1, from 12.5:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Eastern Lancaster County SD
- Garden Spot SHSHigh · 865 students
- New Holland ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Brecknock Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Garden Spot Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Garden Spot SHS1.8 mi · 865
- Garden Spot Middle School1.8 mi · 404
- New Holland Elementary3.1 mi · 484
- Brecknock Elementary School5.3 mi · 441
- Honey Brook El Center6.5 mi · 289
- Pequea Valley Intrmd School6.8 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Ball Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Blue Ball Elementary School?
Blue Ball Elementary School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-06.
Is Blue Ball Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blue Ball Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Blue Ball Elementary School have?
Blue Ball Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Ball Elementary School?
At Blue Ball Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Blue Ball Elementary School?
Blue Ball Elementary School is overseen by Eastern Lancaster County SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.