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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNWALL-LEBANON SD·NCES 420684006302
Cornwall Elementary School
45 Burd Coleman Rd, Cornwall, PA 17042 · (717) 273-4571 · Lebanon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% 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
14.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
202 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Cornwall-Lebanon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.8pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 | 64.5% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 59.7% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Cornwall Elementary School
Cornwall Elementary School's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall Elementary School this school | 541 | 37.3% | 66.9% |
| Macungie Elementary School Macungie | 529 | 34.0% | 68.6% |
| Owatin Creek Elementary School Reading | 539 | 35.4% | 67.3% |
| Hallowell Elementary School Horsham | 438 | 37.0% | 56.8% |
| Wescosville Elementary School Wescosville | 465 | 33.5% | 68.5% |
| Miller Elementary School Levittown | 486 | 42.4% | 71.7% |
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 Cornwall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #389 of 1,396 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #549 of 1,511 ▼ 50 | #5 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #314 of 1,511 ▼ 39 | #4 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #412 of 1,638 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,188 of 1,528 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #607 of 1,531 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #1,199 of 1,600 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #797 of 1,045 | #12 of 17 |
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
541
+36 (+7%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 541 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 38.5 | 13.8:1 | 38% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 36.5 | 14.6:1 | 33% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 24% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 35.5 | 16.3:1 | 28% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 24% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 14% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 10% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 34 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cornwall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (578 to 541); teachers up 4% (35.5 to 37).
About Cornwall Elementary School
Cornwall Elementary School serves students in Cornwall, Pennsylvania, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 541 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 22% above the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Cornwall-Lebanon SD is the district for Cornwall Elementary School. It has 6 schools and 4,881 students.
About 70% of the student body at Cornwall Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 81% of Lebanon County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Cornwall Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 37% at Cornwall Elementary School. It compares with 61% for public schools in Lebanon County.
Cornwall Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Cornwall Elementary School is 61.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.9%.
In Lebanon County, the median household earns about $78,425 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Lebanon County, 37 public schools serve about 18,804 students.
Of the public schools around it, Cornwall Elementary School is closest to Cedar Crest Middle School, about 2.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Cornwall Elementary School is 1st of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Cornwall Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 505 (2020-21) to 541 (2024-25).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Cornwall Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cornwall-Lebanon SD
- Cedar Crest High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- Cedar Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Ebenezer Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Union Canal Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other Cornwall Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cornwall Elementary. Cornwall Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- CORNWALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORNWALL, NY · 595 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Crest Middle School2.6 mi · 1,224
- Cedar Crest High School2.6 mi · 1,676
- Lebanon Junior High School3.4 mi · 693
- Lebanon SHS3.6 mi · 1,393
- Southwest Elementary School3.6 mi · 390
- South Lebanon Elementary School3.8 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Cornwall Elementary SchoolHow large is Cornwall Elementary School?
Cornwall Elementary School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Cornwall Elementary School serve?
Cornwall Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cornwall Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cornwall Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cornwall Elementary School?
At Cornwall Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cornwall Elementary School public or private?
Cornwall Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cornwall-Lebanon SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.