East Petersburg El Sch

East Petersburg El Sch is an elementary school of average-sized scale in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Hempfield SD, enrolling 480 students in grades K through 6.

Hempfield SD comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,884 students; East Petersburg El Sch is among them.

On the student-mix side, East Petersburg El Sch lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, East Petersburg El Sch has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 96% of students at East Petersburg El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, East Petersburg El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.5%; East Petersburg El Sch posts 63.2%, +26.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Lancaster County reports that median household income runs about $86,959, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which East Petersburg El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bucher Sch, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Petersburg El Sch at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. East Petersburg El Sch's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 480). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 71% to 60%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for East Petersburg El Sch typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.