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Enrollment
595
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN MANOR SD·NCES 421863007175
Central Manor Elementary School
3717 Blue Rock Rd, Washington Boro, PA 17582 · (717) 872-1401 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
307 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 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (100).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
59.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
57.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 57.5% |
% 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
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Central Manor Elementary School
Central Manor Elementary School's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Manor Elementary School this school | 595 | 51.6% | 62.9% |
| Bear Creek Community CS Bear Creek Township | 604 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| Old Forge Elementary School Old Forge | 532 | 55.3% | 44.7% |
| Willow Dale Elementary School Warminster | 728 | 51.6% | 47.7% |
| Stony Brook Elementary School York | 484 | 53.9% | 55.5% |
| Ore Valley Elementary School York | 556 | 44.6% | 57.1% |
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 Central Manor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #497 of 1,396 | #24 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #596 of 1,511 ▼ 45 | #28 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #461 of 1,511 ▼ 39 | #20 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #270 of 1,638 | #6 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,407 of 1,528 | #61 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #411 of 1,531 | #21 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #971 of 1,600 | #31 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #666 of 1,045 | #36 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
595
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 595 | 36.8 | 16.2:1 | 52% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 50% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 38.1 | 15.8:1 | 45% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 43% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 37.7 | 17.4:1 | 37% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 36 | 18.2:1 | 38% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 30% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 14% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 23 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Manor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (658 to 595); teachers down 3% (37.7 to 36.8).
About Central Manor Elementary School
Central Manor Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 595 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.
A total of 10 schools make up Penn Manor SD, with 5,431 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Central Manor Elementary School is 62% White. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 82% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Manor Elementary School is 16.2:1, based on 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. Central Manor Elementary School counts 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County.
Central Manor Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Central Manor Elementary School is 7.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census data for Lancaster County show the median household earns about $86,959 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Central Manor Elementary School, Lancaster County has 114 public schools.
The closest school to Central Manor Elementary School is Letort Elementary School, located about 1.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Central Manor Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Central Manor Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Central Manor Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 3% across 4 years, from 615 in 2020-21 to 595 in 2024-25.
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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 Penn Manor SD
- Penn Manor High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Hambright Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Manor Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Marticville Middle SchoolMiddle · 393 students
- Eshleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Pequea Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
Other schools in Washington Boro
- Letort Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Letort Elementary School1.7 mi · 325
- Hambright Elementary School2.4 mi · 574
- Manor Middle School2.4 mi · 472
- Mountville Elementary School3.1 mi · 552
- Eshleman Elementary School3.8 mi · 337
- Penn Manor High School4.0 mi · 1,807
Frequently asked questions
About Central Manor Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Manor Elementary School?
Central Manor Elementary School enrolls approximately 595 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Central Manor Elementary School serve?
Central Manor Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Central Manor Elementary School have?
Central Manor Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Central Manor Elementary School?
Student demographics at Central Manor Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Central Manor Elementary School in?
Central Manor Elementary School is part of Penn Manor SD.
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