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Alumni: what's one memory from Eastern Lebanon Co SHS that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
773
High
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN LEBANON COUNTY SD·NCES 420846002740
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS
180 Elco Dr, Myerstown, PA 17067 · (717) 866-7447 · Lebanon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL773 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
328 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 204 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 207 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 182 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 180 | 23% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Eastern Lebanon County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 53.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Eastern Lebanon Co SHS
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Lebanon Co SHS this school | 773 | 42.4% | 53.1% |
| Solanco High School Quarryville | 980 | 43.7% | 46.0% |
| Eastern York High School Wrightsville | 640 | 44.8% | 68.7% |
| Valley View High School Archbald | 747 | 37.8% | 66.5% |
| Northern Lebanon SHS Fredericksburg | 997 | 41.0% | 40.3% |
| Westmont Hilltop JSHS Johnstown | 689 | 44.4% | 46.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Eastern Lebanon Co SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #253 of 576 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #263 of 626 ▼ 131 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #248 of 626 ▲ 122 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 773 | #239 of 713 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #409 of 601 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #308 of 604 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #434 of 619 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #94 of 221 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
773
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 773 | 51.7 | 15.0:1 | 42% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 752 | 51.7 | 14.6:1 | 44% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 53.3 | 14.2:1 | 37% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 52 | 14.3:1 | 30% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 51.1 | 13.9:1 | 25% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 31% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 16% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 7% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 46 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Lebanon Co SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (709 to 773); teachers up 1% (51.1 to 51.7).
About Eastern Lebanon Co SHS
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS is the name of a mid-sized high school in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 773 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12.
Eastern Lebanon County SD runs 5 schools with a combined 2,310 students. Eastern Lebanon Co SHS is one of them.
White students are 83% of those enrolled at Eastern Lebanon Co SHS. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Lebanon County, where about 81% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
Staffing at Eastern Lebanon Co SHS comes to 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.0:1. High schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 12.8:1. On the income side, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lebanon County average 61%.
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.1% is 6.3 points below the 59.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lebanon County show that the median household earns about $78,425 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Lebanon County, 37 public schools serve about 18,804 students.
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS's nearest public school is Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Eastern Lebanon Co SHS is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 773, up from 744 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Eastern Lebanon Co SHS community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eastern Lebanon County SD
- Eastern Lebanon Co Middle SchoolMiddle · 556 students
- ELCO Intermd SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Fort Zeller Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 203 students
Other schools in Myerstown
- Eastern Lebanon Co Middle SchoolMiddle · 556 students
- ELCO Intermd SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 203 students
Nearby schools
- Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School0.3 mi · 556
- ELCO Intermd School0.3 mi · 505
- Jackson Elementary School2.7 mi · 203
- Fort Zeller Elementary School2.9 mi · 273
- South Lebanon Elementary School4.6 mi · 554
- Union Canal Elementary School4.8 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern Lebanon Co SHSHow many students attend Eastern Lebanon Co SHS?
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS enrolls approximately 773 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Eastern Lebanon Co SHS serve?
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Eastern Lebanon Co SHS have?
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eastern Lebanon Co SHS?
At Eastern Lebanon Co SHS, the student body is approximately 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Eastern Lebanon Co SHS in?
Eastern Lebanon Co SHS is part of Eastern Lebanon County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.