Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN MANOR SD·NCES 421863002629
Eshleman Elementary School
545 Leaman Ave, Millersville, PA 17551 · (717) 872-9540 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-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
18.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
157 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
66.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
70.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 73.0% |
% 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
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Eshleman Elementary School
Eshleman Elementary School's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eshleman Elementary School this school | 337 | 46.6% | 73.1% |
| Schaeffer School Lancaster | 318 | 42.5% | 71.6% |
| Highland Elementary School Camp Hill | 375 | 41.9% | 60.9% |
| Blair Mill Elementary Hatboro | 361 | 53.7% | 60.5% |
| Rossmoyne Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 417 | 51.3% | 62.1% |
| Oxford Valley Elementary School Fairless Hills | 390 | 45.9% | 62.4% |
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 Eshleman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #233 of 1,396 | #5 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #261 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #7 of 62 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #281 of 1,511 ▼ 35 | #7 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #1,115 of 1,638 | #48 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,501 of 1,528 | #64 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #451 of 1,531 | #24 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #1,053 of 1,600 | #44 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #405 of 450 | #13 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
337
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 337 | 18.5 | 18.2:1 | 47% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 18.8 | 18.1:1 | 46% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 18.7 | 18.2:1 | 45% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 43% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 18.1 | 18.4:1 | 32% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 18 | 17.7:1 | 34% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 18 | 17.7:1 | 22% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 14 | 23.4:1 | 12% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 18 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eshleman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (333 to 337); teachers up 2% (18.1 to 18.5).
About Eshleman Elementary School
Eshleman Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Millersville, Pennsylvania. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 337 students. The school's enrollment is 24% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Penn Manor SD has 5,431 students spread across 10 schools.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Eshleman Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Lancaster County residents are White. By the diversity index, Eshleman Elementary School comes in at 55%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.2:1, with 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 47% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Eshleman Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Eshleman Elementary School is +15.5 points: 73.1% actual, 57.6% predicted.
In the county around the school, Lancaster County, median household income is about $86,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 114 public schools operate in Lancaster County, serving about 62,719 students.
The nearest public school is Penn Manor High School, at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Eshleman Elementary School is 1st among 8 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Eshleman Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Eshleman Elementary School enrolled 329; in 2024-25, 337.
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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 Penn Manor SD
- Penn Manor High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Central Manor Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Hambright Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Manor Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Marticville Middle SchoolMiddle · 393 students
- Pequea Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Penn Manor High School0.9 mi · 1,807
- Martin School0.9 mi · 623
- Manor Middle School1.6 mi · 472
- Hambright Elementary School1.7 mi · 574
- Smith-Wade-El Elementary School2.0 mi · 397
- Wheatland Middle School2.0 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Eshleman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Eshleman Elementary School?
Eshleman Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Eshleman Elementary School serve?
Eshleman Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eshleman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eshleman Elementary School is approximately 18.2:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Eshleman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Eshleman Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Eshleman Elementary School in?
Eshleman Elementary School is part of Penn Manor SD.
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