Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH EASTERN SD·NCES 422217004601
Fawn Area Elementary School
504 Main St, Fawn Grove, PA 17321 · (717) 382-4220 · York County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
91 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 56 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 56% larger than its 4th grade class (36).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Fawn Area Elementary School→South Eastern Intrmd School→South Eastern Middle School→Kennard-Dale High School
Based on grade levels within South Eastern SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
67.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 60.7% |
% 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Fawn Area Elementary School
Fawn Area Elementary School's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fawn Area Elementary School this school | 249 | 36.5% | 68.5% |
| N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary School Red Lion | 240 | 36.3% | 53.0% |
| Manheim Elementary School Glenville | 256 | 35.2% | 61.7% |
| Wellsville Campus Wellsville | 244 | 38.5% | 55.4% |
| Penn Cambria Intrmd School Lilly | 290 | 34.5% | 51.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Lake Ariel | 239 | 31.8% | 75.7% |
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 Fawn Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #337 of 1,396 | #12 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #337 of 1,511 ▲ 141 | #13 of 62 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #303 of 1,511 ▲ 63 | #10 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #1,418 of 1,638 | #57 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #142 of 1,528 | #2 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #1,397 of 1,531 | #63 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #1,225 of 1,600 | #51 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #884 of 1,045 | #36 of 42 |
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
249
+34 (+16%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 249 | 23.6 | 10.6:1 | 37% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 23 | 10.7:1 | 37% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 23.6 | 10.1:1 | 34% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 24 | 9.0:1 | 31% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 29% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 28% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 18% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 13% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 263 | 13 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fawn Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (260 to 249); teachers up 7% (22 to 23.6).
About Fawn Area Elementary School
Fawn Area Elementary School is a small elementary school in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania. The school has 249 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Fawn Area Elementary School sits within South Eastern SD, which has 6 schools and 2,495 students.
At Fawn Area Elementary School, 94% of students are White. The remaining students are 3% multiracial. Census figures show York County is about 81% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fawn Area Elementary School scores 12%.
The school lists 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. A total of 91 students, or 37%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in York County is 53%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Fawn Area Elementary School outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Fawn Area Elementary School would score about 61.9%. It scores 68.5%, 6.6 points above that figure.
For the population of York County, the median household earns about $84,829 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Fawn Area Elementary School shares York County with 110 other public schools.
South Eastern Intrmd School sits about 0.2 miles from Fawn Area Elementary School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Fawn Area Elementary School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 16%, from 215 to 249. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.0:1 to 10.6:1.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Eastern SD
- Kennard-Dale High SchoolHigh · 755 students
- Stewartstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- South Eastern Middle SchoolMiddle · 399 students
- South Eastern Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 397 students
- Delta-Peach Bottom Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
Other schools in Fawn Grove
- Kennard-Dale High SchoolHigh · 755 students
- South Eastern Middle SchoolMiddle · 399 students
- South Eastern Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 397 students
Nearby schools
- South Eastern Intrmd School0.2 mi · 397
- South Eastern Middle School0.3 mi · 399
- Kennard-Dale High School0.3 mi · 755
- Norrisville Elementary4.1 mi · 213
- North Harford Middle5.1 mi · 849
- North Harford Elementary5.1 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Fawn Area Elementary SchoolHow large is Fawn Area Elementary School?
Fawn Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Fawn Area Elementary School serve?
Fawn Area Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Fawn Area Elementary School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Fawn Area Elementary School.
How diverse is Fawn Area Elementary School?
Fawn Area Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Fawn Area Elementary School public or private?
Fawn Area Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Eastern SD.
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