Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER SD·NCES 421314002598
Burrowes Elementary School
1001 E Orange St, Lancaster, PA 17602 · (717) 291-6159 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
263 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 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 | 35.2% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 26.6% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Burrowes Elementary School
Burrowes Elementary School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrowes Elementary School this school | 308 | 85.4% | 36.0% |
| Freemansburg Elementary School Freemansburg | 328 | 91.2% | 21.5% |
| Ross Elementary School Lancaster | 281 | 94.0% | 40.2% |
| Ray S. Musselman Learning Center Norristown | 274 | 89.8% | N/A |
| Hamilton Elementary School Lancaster | 339 | 98.8% | 39.0% |
| Fulton Elementary School Lancaster | 274 | 99.3% | 38.5% |
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 Burrowes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,108 of 1,396 | #55 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,123 of 1,511 ▲ 57 | #54 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #1,111 of 1,511 ▲ 55 | #51 of 62 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #1,220 of 1,638 | #54 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #202 of 1,528 | #11 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #384 of 1,531 | #20 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.4% | #682 of 1,600 | #17 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #315 of 1,045 | #16 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
308
+32 (+12%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 308 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 85% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 25 | 12.7:1 | 83% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 27 | 11.3:1 | 92% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 26 | 10.6:1 | 99% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 100% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 100% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 77% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 77% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 24 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burrowes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (381 to 308); teachers unchanged (28 to 28).
About Burrowes Elementary School
Burrowes Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 308 students. That is 30% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Lancaster SD is the district for Burrowes Elementary School. It has 19 schools and 9,901 students.
The largest group at Burrowes Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 61%. Other groups include 19% Black, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Lancaster County residents are about 12% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Burrowes Elementary School scores 57%.
Burrowes Elementary School reports a ratio of 11.0 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch program data show 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County is 30 points lower.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Burrowes Elementary School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Burrowes Elementary School is 5.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.0% actual, 41.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Lancaster County, home to about 557,931 people, the median household earns about $86,959 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Lancaster County number 114, with about 62,719 students.
The closest school to Burrowes Elementary School is Lincoln Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Burrowes Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 12%.
People who know Burrowes Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Lancaster SD
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 511 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 465 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Middle School0.3 mi · 465
- Wickersham Elementary School0.5 mi · 402
- McCaskey Campus0.6 mi · 2,600
- La Academia Partnership CS0.7 mi · 196
- Jackson Middle School0.8 mi · 524
- Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Burrowes Elementary SchoolHow large is Burrowes Elementary School?
Burrowes Elementary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Burrowes Elementary School serve?
Burrowes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burrowes Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burrowes Elementary School is approximately 11.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Burrowes Elementary School?
Burrowes Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 61% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Burrowes Elementary School?
Burrowes Elementary School is overseen by Lancaster SD in Lancaster County.
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