Bucher Sch

Bucher Sch operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, part of Manheim Township SD. Current enrollment sits at 403 students spanning grades K through 4.

Manheim Township SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,992 students. Bucher Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bucher Sch lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, Bucher Sch logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lancaster County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bucher Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 67.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put median household income runs about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Bucher Sch is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

East Petersburg El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bucher Sch comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025.

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