Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EPHRATA AREA SD·NCES 420927007268
Fulton Elementary School
51 East Fulton Street, Ephrata, PA 17522 · (717) 721-1130 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
183 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Ephrata Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -15.1pp since 2023
Math
59.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.5pp 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 60 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 55.1% |
% 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
Where Fulton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #481 of 1,396 | #21 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #542 of 1,511 | #22 of 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #576 of 1,511 | #30 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #1,257 of 1,638 | #56 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,006 of 1,528 | #42 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #529 of 1,531 | #28 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #803 of 1,600 | #23 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #319 of 1,045 | #17 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
297
-27 (-8%) vs 2020
+118% since 1990-91, when it was 136
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 297 | 21.6 | 13.8:1 | 62% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 22.8 | 13.4:1 | 60% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 25.7 | 12.3:1 | 57% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 56% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 25.8 | 14.2:1 | 57% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 53% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 41% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 23% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 136 | 7 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fulton Elementary School.
About Fulton Elementary School
Fulton Elementary School serves students in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, as a small elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 297 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Ephrata Area SD has 3,904 students spread across 7 schools.
More than half of the students at Fulton Elementary School are White (67%). The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Lancaster County overall, about 82% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
Teacher count: 21.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.8:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 0.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%.
Fulton Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.4% is 12.2 points above the 51.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Lancaster County, where median household income comes to about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Lancaster County's 114 public schools enroll about 62,719 students and include Fulton Elementary School.
Highland Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Fulton Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Fulton Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 324 to 297, an 8% decline.
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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 Ephrata Area SD
- Ephrata SHSHigh · 1,347 students
- Ephrata Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Ephrata Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Clay Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Akron Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Ephrata
- Ephrata SHSHigh · 1,347 students
- Ephrata Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Ephrata Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Clay Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - BrownstownHigh · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Elementary School0.5 mi · 438
- Ephrata SHS0.7 mi · 1,347
- Ephrata Middle School1.0 mi · 601
- Ephrata Intermediate School1.0 mi · 568
- Akron Elementary School1.8 mi · 276
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Brownstown3.0 mi · 25
Frequently asked questions
About Fulton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fulton Elementary School?
Fulton Elementary School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Fulton Elementary School serve?
Fulton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Fulton Elementary School have?
Fulton Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Fulton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fulton Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Fulton Elementary School in?
Fulton Elementary School is part of Ephrata Area SD.
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