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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONESTOGA VALLEY SD·NCES 420648005113
Fritz Elementary School
845 Hornig Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601 · (717) 397-5246 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
295 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Based on grade levels within Conestoga Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 58.3% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Fritz Elementary School
Fritz Elementary School's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Elementary School this school | 526 | 56.1% | 61.2% |
| Kratzer School Allentown | 510 | 48.6% | 71.6% |
| Cornwall Terrace Elementary School Sinking Spring | 553 | 51.7% | 53.8% |
| Spring Ridge Elementary School Wyomissing | 575 | 49.7% | 58.8% |
| Hayshire Elementary School York | 532 | 64.7% | 45.8% |
| Stony Brook Elementary School York | 484 | 53.9% | 55.5% |
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 Fritz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #557 of 1,396 | #29 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #561 of 1,511 ▼ 32 | #24 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #595 of 1,511 ▼ 68 | #33 of 62 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #459 of 1,638 | #13 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #507 of 1,528 | #20 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #122 of 1,531 | #3 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #889 of 1,600 | #28 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #188 of 1,045 | #8 of 49 |
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
526
-388 (-42%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 526 | 43.1 | 12.2:1 | 56% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 42.9 | 12.0:1 | 58% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 41.3 | 12.9:1 | 57% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 914 | 46 | 19.9:1 | 44% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 43.4 | 16.0:1 | 39% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 35% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 31% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 17% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fritz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (694 to 526); teachers down 1% (43.4 to 43.1).
About Fritz Elementary School
Fritz Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It teaches 526 students in kindergarten through 5.
Fritz Elementary School is part of Conestoga Valley SD, where 6 schools serve 3,830 students.
The student body at Fritz Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 44%. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The school's White share is 37 points below the 82% share among Lancaster County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Fritz Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 56% of the student body. The average for public schools in Lancaster County is similar, at 55%.
Fritz Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.2% and a predicted 53.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Lancaster County show that the median household earns about $86,959 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Lancaster County, 114 public schools serve about 62,719 students.
Fritz Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Conestoga Valley SHS, about 2.1 miles away. Within five miles of Fritz Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Fritz Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal records list enrollment at Fritz Elementary School as 914 in 2020-21 and 526 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.2:1.
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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 Conestoga Valley SD
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Smoketown Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Brownstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Leola Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Conestoga Valley SHS2.1 mi · 1,304
- Smoketown Elementary School2.1 mi · 470
- Gerald G Huesken Middle School2.4 mi · 851
- Nitrauer School2.6 mi · 468
- Schaeffer School2.8 mi · 318
- Lincoln Middle School3.0 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Fritz Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fritz Elementary School?
Fritz Elementary School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fritz Elementary School serve?
Fritz Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Fritz Elementary School have?
Fritz Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Fritz Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fritz Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 31% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Fritz Elementary School?
Fritz Elementary School is overseen by Conestoga Valley SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.