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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONESTOGA VALLEY SD·NCES 420648002517
Brownstown Elementary School
51 School Lane, Brownstown, PA 17508 · (717) 656-6021 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-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
12.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
165 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Conestoga Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
69.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 69.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.2% | 59.8% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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 Brownstown Elementary School
Brownstown Elementary School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Elementary School this school | 392 | 42.1% | 69.0% |
| Adamstown Elementary School Adamstown | 409 | 41.6% | 65.7% |
| Schweitzer Elementary School Levittown | 407 | 43.5% | 63.5% |
| Brecknock Elementary School Denver | 441 | 41.5% | 52.4% |
| Richland Elementary School Quakertown | 327 | 39.8% | 51.7% |
| Northern Elementary School Dillsburg | 397 | 37.5% | 50.5% |
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 Brownstown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #321 of 1,396 | #9 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #291 of 1,511 ▲ 200 | #8 of 62 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #286 of 1,511 ▼ 34 | #8 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #913 of 1,638 | #38 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #515 of 1,528 | #21 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #675 of 1,531 | #35 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #1,129 of 1,600 | #49 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #228 of 1,045 | #9 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
392
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 392 | 32 | 12.3:1 | 42% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 41% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 32.6 | 13.1:1 | 37% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 36 | 11.7:1 | 27% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 29% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 10% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 17 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brownstown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (506 to 392); teachers down 14% (37 to 32).
About Brownstown Elementary School
Brownstown Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Conestoga Valley SD, located in Brownstown, Pennsylvania. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 392 students.
Conestoga Valley SD has 6 schools; together they serve 3,830 students.
More than half of the students at Brownstown Elementary School are White (73%). Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 82% White among all Lancaster County residents. The diversity index for Brownstown Elementary School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, Brownstown Elementary School has a ratio of 12.3:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Income data for the school show 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County is 13 points higher.
Brownstown Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Brownstown Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.0%; the prediction is 59.6%.
In Lancaster County, home to about 557,931 people, the median household earns about $86,959 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Lancaster County number 114, with about 62,719 students.
Brownstown Elementary School's nearest public school is Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Brownstown (about 1.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Brownstown Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 392 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 421.
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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 Conestoga Valley SD
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Fritz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Smoketown Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Leola Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other Brownstown Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Brownstown Elementary. Brownstown Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Brownstown Elementary SchoolBrownstown, IN · 621 students
- Brownstown Elementary SchoolBrownstown, IL · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Brownstown1.2 mi · 25
- Akron Elementary School2.2 mi · 276
- Fritz Elementary School3.7 mi · 526
- Fulton Elementary School4.0 mi · 297
- Ephrata SHS4.0 mi · 1,347
- Ephrata Intermediate School4.3 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Brownstown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brownstown Elementary School?
Brownstown Elementary School enrolls approximately 392 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Brownstown Elementary School serve?
Brownstown Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brownstown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brownstown Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brownstown Elementary School?
At Brownstown Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Brownstown Elementary School in?
Brownstown Elementary School is part of Conestoga Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.