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Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School

1081 Atom Rd, Delta, PA 17314 · (717) 456-5313 · York County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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

Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
121 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4417%
Grade 15722%
Grade 24919%
Grade 35421%
Grade 45120%

This year's kindergarten class (44) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (51).

Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
23994%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
83%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
42%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
14256%
Female
11344%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School→South Eastern Intrmd School→South Eastern Middle School→Kennard-Dale High School
Based on grade levels within South Eastern SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
28.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.2pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.2pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2528.0%49.5%
2023-2442.2%48.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% 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 Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School

Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School this school25547.5%46.8%
Stewart Elementary School
Lower Burrell
25944.0%40.6%
Osceola Mills Elementary School
Osceola Mills
27148.7%62.9%
Damascus Area School
Damascus
25843.4%69.6%
Berlin Brothersvalley Elementary School
Berlin
29045.2%56.1%
Independence Elementary School
Aliquippa
22849.6%67.2%
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 Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn York County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.8%#942 of 1,396#49 of 62
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
49.5%#809 of 1,511
▼ 4
#44 of 62
▼ 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
28.0%#1,240 of 1,511
▼ 151
#54 of 62
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
255#1,392 of 1,638#56 of 65
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.3:1#121 of 1,528#1 of 63
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
12.0%#1,385 of 1,531#62 of 63
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
47.5%#1,043 of 1,600#37 of 65
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-4.5%#873 of 1,045#35 of 42
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 2024-25
Enrollment
255
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2525524.710.3:147% (121)
2023-2427924.411.4:143% (121)
2022-2327523.611.7:145% (123)
2020-212672411.1:139% (103)
2017-182672510.7:138% (101)
2015-162922312.7:143% (126)
2010-113012910.4:136% (109)
2000-014632816.5:115% (69)
1990-913061520.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 4% (267 to 255); teachers down 1% (25 to 24.7).

About Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School

Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Delta, Pennsylvania. The school offers kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 255 students. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 42% below that mark.

Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School is run by South Eastern SD, whose 6 schools enroll 2,495 students.

At Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School, 94% of students are White. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic. Census figures show York County is about 81% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.

There are 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School, giving a ratio of 10.3:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1, 2.7 more students per teacher than here. A total of 121 students, or 47%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.3% for Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School. The school posts 46.8%, 10.5 points below the prediction.

Census data for York County show median household income comes to about $84,829, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 111 public schools and about 64,242 students.

The closest school to Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School is North Harford High, located about 5.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.

Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 255, down from 267 in 2020-21.

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York County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School
District
South Eastern SD
Address
1081 Atom Rd, Delta, PA 17314
Phone
(717) 456-5313
County
York County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
255
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
10.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
121 (47%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
422217004599
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School
How many students attend Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School?
Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School enrolls approximately 255 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School serve?
Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School have?
Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School?
At Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School public or private?
Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Eastern SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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