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If you could change one rule at East Petersburg El Sch, what would it be?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPFIELD SD·NCES 421179002574
East Petersburg Elementary School
5700 Lemon St, East Petersburg, PA 17520 · (717) 569-1211 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- 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
13.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
460 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
58.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
58.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 58.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.9% | 62.8% |
% 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 27 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 East Petersburg Elementary School
East Petersburg Elementary School's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Petersburg Elementary School this school | 480 | 95.8% | 63.2% |
| Mountville Elementary School Mountville | 552 | 99.5% | 61.6% |
| Hamilton Heights Elementary School Chambersburg | 553 | 98.4% | 54.3% |
| Farmdale Elementary School Mount Joy | 489 | 99.4% | 65.0% |
| Octorara Primary LC Atglen | 412 | 95.1% | N/A |
| Oaklyn School Sunbury | 375 | 99.2% | N/A |
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 East Petersburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #488 of 1,396 | #22 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #579 of 1,511 ▼ 167 | #27 of 62 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #467 of 1,511 ▼ 53 | #21 of 62 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #587 of 1,638 | #18 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #943 of 1,528 | #37 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #366 of 1,531 | #18 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #542 of 1,600 | #14 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #402 of 450 | #12 of 15 |
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
480
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 480 | 35.4 | 13.6:1 | 96% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 33.1 | 13.9:1 | 99% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 34.6 | 13.0:1 | 46% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 47% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 34.3 | 13.8:1 | 44% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 47% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 30% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 22% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 33 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Petersburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (474 to 480); teachers up 3% (34.3 to 35.4).
About East Petersburg Elementary School
The public elementary school East Petersburg Elementary School is located in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania. In all, 480 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6.
East Petersburg Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Hempfield SD, which enrolls 6,884 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at East Petersburg Elementary School is White: 60%. Next come 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. The county population is about 82% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, East Petersburg Elementary School scores 58%.
Classroom staffing at East Petersburg Elementary School totals 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at East Petersburg Elementary School is about 96%. The average for public schools in Lancaster County is 55%.
East Petersburg Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 84% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
East Petersburg Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania are predicted to post 36.5%, so the school is 26.6 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
The school's county is Lancaster County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $86,959 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Lancaster County number 114, with about 62,719 students.
Among nearby public schools, Bucher School is closest at about 1.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of East Petersburg Elementary School. On state test proficiency, East Petersburg Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 480, starting from 473.
East Petersburg Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Hempfield SD
- Hempfield SHSHigh · 2,281 students
- Centerville Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- Mountville Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Landisville Pri CenterElementary · 547 students
- Centerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Landisville Middle SchoolMiddle · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Bucher School1.7 mi · 403
- Reidenbaugh Elementary School2.5 mi · 488
- Centerville Elementary School2.7 mi · 544
- Landisville Pri Center2.9 mi · 547
- Landisville Intrmd Center2.9 mi · 474
- Centerville Middle School2.9 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About East Petersburg Elementary SchoolHow many students attend East Petersburg Elementary School?
East Petersburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does East Petersburg Elementary School serve?
East Petersburg Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at East Petersburg Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at East Petersburg Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at East Petersburg Elementary School?
At East Petersburg Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 22% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is East Petersburg Elementary School public or private?
East Petersburg Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hempfield SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.