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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLANCO SD·NCES 422181000036
Clermont Elementary School
1868 Robert Fulton Hwy, Quarryville, PA 17566 · (717) 548-2742 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C-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
12.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
195 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
43.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.5% | 41.6% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Clermont Elementary School
Clermont Elementary School's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont Elementary School this school | 398 | 49.0% | 49.9% |
| Reamstown Elementary School Reamstown | 375 | 47.7% | 64.2% |
| Halifax Area Elementary School Halifax | 349 | 50.4% | 53.6% |
| North Side Primary School Ellwood City | 376 | 50.5% | N/A |
| Lampeter Elementary School Lampeter | 375 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Quarryville Elementary School Quarryville | 346 | 46.0% | 51.3% |
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 Clermont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #868 of 1,396 | #47 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #863 of 1,511 ▲ 70 | #42 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #941 of 1,511 ▼ 32 | #48 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #893 of 1,638 | #36 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #470 of 1,528 | #18 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #1,039 of 1,531 | #60 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #1,017 of 1,600 | #39 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #373 of 1,045 | #23 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
398
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 398 | 32.8 | 12.1:1 | 49% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 34.8 | 11.9:1 | 47% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 31.9 | 12.8:1 | 44% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 43% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 41% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 43% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 31 | 18.3:1 | 41% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 615 | 26 | 23.6:1 | 19% (118) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clermont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (482 to 398); teachers down 6% (35 to 32.8).
About Clermont Elementary School
Clermont Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Solanco SD. In all, 398 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Solanco SD has 3,000 students in 7 schools, and Clermont Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Clermont Elementary School, about 85 are White. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Lancaster County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Clermont Elementary School lists 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.0 students per teacher. About 49% of students at Clermont Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Clermont Elementary School outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Clermont Elementary School would score about 56.6%. It scores 49.9%, 6.7 points below that figure.
Census data for Lancaster County show 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. Counting Clermont Elementary School, Lancaster County has 114 public schools.
Swift Middle School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 47.4% on proficiency, and Clermont Elementary School is above that at 49.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
From 414 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 398 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.1 students per teacher, compared with 13.8 in 2020-21.
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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 Solanco SD
- Solanco High SchoolHigh · 980 students
- Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 367 students
- Quarryville Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Swift Middle SchoolMiddle · 326 students
- Bart-Colerain Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other schools in Quarryville
- Solanco High SchoolHigh · 980 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 367 students
- Quarryville Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Swift Middle SchoolMiddle · 326 students
Other Clermont Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Clermont Elementary. Clermont Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Clermont ElementaryAlexandria, VA · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Swift Middle School0.1 mi · 326
- Solanco High School4.0 mi · 980
- Quarryville Elementary School5.9 mi · 346
- Smith Middle School6.0 mi · 367
- Bart-Colerain Elementary School7.1 mi · 197
- Providence Elementary School8.0 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Clermont Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clermont Elementary School?
Clermont Elementary School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clermont Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clermont Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clermont Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clermont Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Clermont Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clermont Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Clermont Elementary School in?
Clermont Elementary School is part of Solanco SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.