Clermont El Sch

Clermont El Sch operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, operated by Solanco SD. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Solanco SD, which oversees 7 schools and 3,000 students, Clermont El Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Clermont El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lancaster County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Clermont El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Clermont El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Clermont El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.6%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lancaster County shows median household income runs about $86,959, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Clermont El Sch is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

The closest other public school is Swift MS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Clermont El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clermont El Sch at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Clermont El Sch's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 398). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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