Enrollment
181
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLASTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420723004546
Dallastown Elementary School
105 South Charles Street, Dallastown, PA 17313 · (717) 244-3785 · York County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.2:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
115 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 28% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Dallastown Elementary School→Dallastown Area Intermediate School→Dallastown Area Middle School→Dallastown Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Dallastown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
85.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.2% | 85.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 81.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Dallastown Elementary School
Dallastown Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallastown Elementary School this school | 181 | 63.5% | 79.3% |
| Mt Holly Springs Elementary School Mt Holly Springs | 215 | 62.8% | 36.1% |
| Washington Elementary School Hanover | 213 | 64.8% | 62.4% |
| Parkside Education Center Palmerton | 150 | 58.0% | N/A |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Indiana | 213 | 61.5% | 58.0% |
| Luther W Low Elementary School West Middlesex | 191 | 61.3% | 73.0% |
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 Dallastown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #121 of 1,396 | #2 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #46 of 1,511 ▲ 23 | #2 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #75 of 1,511 ▲ 218 | #1 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #1,559 of 1,638 | #64 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #782 of 1,600 | #20 of 65 |
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
181
+34 (+23%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 311
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 181 | 12.7 | 14.2:1 | 64% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 11.7 | 15.4:1 | 64% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 184 | 11.7 | 15.7:1 | 57% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 147 | 12 | 12.3:1 | 44% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 175 | 12 | 14.6:1 | 53% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 180 | 12 | 15.0:1 | 57% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 175 | 14 | 12.5:1 | 38% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 257 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 15% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 311 | 14 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dallastown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (175 to 181); teachers up 6% (12 to 12.7).
About Dallastown Elementary School
Dallastown Elementary School, located in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 3, and the school has 181 students. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 59% lower.
In Dallastown Area SD, 8 schools enroll a combined 6,332 students.
Roughly 72% of students at Dallastown Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in York County, the White share is about 81%. Dallastown Elementary School's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 64%. The average for public schools in York County is 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Dallastown Elementary School is A+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Dallastown Elementary School scores 28.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 79.3% actual versus 50.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for York County show that the median household income is $84,829, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 111 public schools in York County, enrolling about 64,242 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Dallastown Area Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Dallastown Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Dallastown Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 34 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 12.3 in 2020-21.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dallastown Area SD
- Dallastown Area SHSHigh · 2,046 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- Dallastown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
- Ore Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Loganville-Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- York Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other schools in Dallastown
- Dallastown Area SHSHigh · 2,046 students
- Dallastown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Dallastown Area Middle School0.5 mi · 1,014
- Dallastown Area SHS0.5 mi · 2,046
- Mazie Gable Elementary School2.1 mi · 481
- Red Lion Area Junior High School2.1 mi · 747
- York Twp Elementary School2.2 mi · 415
- Red Lion Area SHS2.3 mi · 1,363
Frequently asked questions
About Dallastown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dallastown Elementary School?
Dallastown Elementary School enrolls approximately 181 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Dallastown Elementary School serve?
Dallastown Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does Dallastown Elementary School have?
Dallastown Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Dallastown Elementary School?
Dallastown Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Dallastown Elementary School?
Dallastown Elementary School is overseen by Dallastown Area SD in York County.
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