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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY SD·NCES 420882002500
Brecknock Elementary School
361 School Rd, Denver, PA 17517 · (717) 445-8600 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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.
- 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
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
183 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 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
38%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
51.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 46.3% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Brecknock Elementary School
Brecknock Elementary School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brecknock Elementary School this school | 441 | 41.5% | 52.4% |
| Crooked Billet Elementary School Hatboro | 468 | 42.1% | 52.9% |
| Adamstown Elementary School Adamstown | 409 | 41.6% | 65.7% |
| John R Bonfield Elementary School Lititz | 446 | 46.4% | 53.2% |
| Conrad Weiser East Elementary School Wernersville | 449 | 36.7% | 61.8% |
| Lititz Elementary School Lititz | 439 | 41.2% | 59.5% |
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 Brecknock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #811 of 1,396 | #40 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #923 of 1,511 ▼ 82 | #45 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #676 of 1,511 ▲ 88 | #37 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #713 of 1,638 | #27 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #394 of 1,528 | #15 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #811 of 1,531 | #45 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #1,138 of 1,600 | #51 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #871 of 1,045 | #41 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
441
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 441 | 37.2 | 11.9:1 | 41% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 39.7 | 11.0:1 | 42% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 39.7 | 11.6:1 | 44% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 31% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 34.1 | 13.5:1 | 37% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 36 | 11.9:1 | 41% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 23% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 18% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brecknock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (462 to 441); teachers up 9% (34.1 to 37.2).
About Brecknock Elementary School
Brecknock Elementary School is an elementary school in Denver, Pennsylvania, reachable at (717) 445-8600. The school counted 441 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6.
Eastern Lancaster County SD is made up of 5 schools with 2,568 students in all.
At Brecknock Elementary School, 78% of students are White. The school is also 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The diversity index for Brecknock Elementary School is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Income data for the school show 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Lancaster County report 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Brecknock Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 34% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Brecknock Elementary School, the prediction is 59.8% and the result is 52.4%.
In the surrounding county, Lancaster County, median household income comes to about $86,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 114, with about 62,719 students.
Adamstown Elementary School sits about 3.4 miles from Brecknock Elementary School. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Brecknock Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 443 in 2020-21, 441 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Garden Spot Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
- Blue Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Other schools in Denver
- Cocalico SHSHigh · 991 students
- Cocalico Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Denver Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
Other Brecknock Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Brecknock Elementary. Brecknock Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Brecknock Elementary SchoolMohnton, PA · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Adamstown Elementary School3.4 mi · 409
- Brecknock Elementary School3.8 mi · 459
- Reamstown Elementary School4.9 mi · 375
- Blue Ball Elementary School5.3 mi · 374
- Garden Spot Middle School6.1 mi · 404
- Garden Spot SHS6.1 mi · 865
Frequently asked questions
About Brecknock Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brecknock Elementary School?
Brecknock Elementary School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Brecknock Elementary School serve?
Brecknock Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brecknock Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brecknock Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brecknock Elementary School?
At Brecknock Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Brecknock Elementary School public or private?
Brecknock Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eastern Lancaster County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.