East York El Sch

East York El Sch is a close-knit elementary-level community in York, Pennsylvania, run under York Suburban SD. The school works with 321 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 28% leaner than typical.

Within York Suburban SD, which oversees 6 schools and 2,840 students, East York El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, East York El Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at East York El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East York El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 68.9%, a residual of +14.0 points.

Around the school, York County reports that median household income runs about $84,829, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, York County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), of which East York El Sch is one.

York Suburban MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East York El Sch. On composite proficiency, East York El Sch comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

East York El Sch operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East York El Sch has stayed largely flat, going from 326 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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