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What's one thing Carter and MacRae El Sch gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER SD·NCES 421314007281
Carter and MacRae Elementary School
251 S Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603 · (717) 396-6842 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
411 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
59%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
17.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.7% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 23.9% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Carter and MacRae Elementary School
Carter and MacRae Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter and MacRae Elementary School this school | 444 | 92.6% | 26.8% |
| Webster School Philadelphia | 510 | 98.8% | 22.8% |
| Whitehall Elementary School Norristown | 503 | 98.6% | 32.5% |
| Marshall Street Elementary School Norristown | 585 | 96.8% | 35.5% |
| Foose School Harrisburg | 522 | 97.9% | 11.3% |
| Ritter Elementary School Allentown | 463 | 92.0% | 25.4% |
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 Carter and MacRae Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #1,221 of 1,396 | #59 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,262 of 1,511 ▼ 45 | #61 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #1,387 of 1,511 ▼ 83 | #61 of 62 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #709 of 1,638 | #26 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #31 of 1,528 | #3 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #336 of 1,531 | #16 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #619 of 1,600 | #16 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #257 of 450 | #8 of 15 |
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
444
+95 (+27%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 444 | 48 | 9.3:1 | 93% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 41 | 10.9:1 | 92% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 40.5 | 10.3:1 | 93% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 37 | 9.4:1 | 99% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 38.5 | 10.8:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 100% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 86% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 42 | 10.5:1 | 99% (439) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 30 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carter and MacRae Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (416 to 444); teachers up 25% (38.5 to 48).
About Carter and MacRae Elementary School
Carter and MacRae Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 444 students enrolled.
Lancaster SD has 9,901 students spread across 19 schools.
Of every 100 students at Carter and MacRae Elementary School, about 57 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 27% Black, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Lancaster County, the Hispanic share is about 12%. The diversity index for Carter and MacRae Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 48 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carter and MacRae Elementary School, giving a ratio of 9.3:1. The school's 9.3:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. By family income, 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Lancaster County averages 55%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Carter and MacRae Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 14% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.9%. Carter and MacRae Elementary School scores 26.8%.
Lancaster County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $86,959, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 114 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,719, Carter and MacRae Elementary School among them.
King Elementary School is the nearest public school to Carter and MacRae Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Carter and MacRae Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Carter and MacRae Elementary School is ahead of the 21.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Carter and MacRae Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 95 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Carter and MacRae Elementary School. 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 Lancaster SD
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- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
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- 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
- King Elementary School0.4 mi · 413
- Fulton Elementary School0.4 mi · 274
- Phoenix Academy0.5 mi · 305
- La Academia Partnership CS0.7 mi · 196
- Jackson Middle School0.7 mi · 524
- Lafayette Elementary School0.8 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Carter and MacRae Elementary SchoolHow large is Carter and MacRae Elementary School?
Carter and MacRae Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carter and MacRae Elementary School serve?
Carter and MacRae Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carter and MacRae Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carter and MacRae Elementary School is approximately 9.3:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Carter and MacRae Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carter and MacRae Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 57% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Carter and MacRae Elementary School in?
Carter and MacRae Elementary School is part of Lancaster SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.