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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMPETER-STRASBURG SD·NCES 421311002606
Hans Herr Elementary School
1600 Book Rd, Lampeter, PA 17537 · (717) 464-3311 · Lancaster County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- B-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
13.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
199 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 203 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 198 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 210 | 34% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lampeter-Strasburg SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 63.8% |
% 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
63.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Hans Herr Elementary School
Hans Herr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Herr Elementary School this school | 611 | 32.6% | 68.5% |
| Kissel Hill Elementary School Lititz | 579 | 33.7% | 60.3% |
| Saucon Valley Elementary School Hellertown | 627 | 34.8% | 65.3% |
| North Coventry Elementary School Pottstown | 532 | 32.9% | 70.0% |
| Oley Valley Elementary School Oley | 593 | 34.6% | 61.4% |
| Greencastle-Antrim Elementary School Greencastle | 671 | 36.4% | 62.7% |
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 Hans Herr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #336 of 1,396 | #10 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #319 of 1,511 ▲ 66 | #11 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #404 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #17 of 62 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #248 of 1,638 | #5 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #995 of 1,528 | #40 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #842 of 1,531 | #47 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #1,294 of 1,600 | #63 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #561 of 1,045 | #31 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
611
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 611 | 44.5 | 13.7:1 | 33% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 42.9 | 14.7:1 | 32% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 45.3 | 14.5:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 21% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 27% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 28% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 21% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 905 | 46 | 19.7:1 | 9% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 26 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hans Herr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (694 to 611); teachers down 1% (45 to 44.5).
About Hans Herr Elementary School
Hans Herr Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Lampeter, Pennsylvania. The school teaches grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 611 students. It has 38% more students than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania (about 443).
Hans Herr Elementary School is part of Lampeter-Strasburg SD, where 5 schools serve 2,747 students.
More than half of the students at Hans Herr Elementary School are White (79%). The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Lancaster County, where about 82% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hans Herr Elementary School scores 37%.
Classroom staffing at Hans Herr Elementary School totals 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hans Herr Elementary School is about 33%. On average, public schools in Lancaster County report 55%.
Hans Herr Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.6% for Hans Herr Elementary School. The school posts 68.5%, 4.9 points above the prediction.
The county, Lancaster County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $86,959 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Hans Herr Elementary School, Lancaster County has 114 public schools.
The closest school to Hans Herr Elementary School is Martin Meylin Middle School, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hans Herr Elementary School. On proficiency, Hans Herr Elementary School is ahead of the 56.3% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 611, starting from 602.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Hans Herr Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Lampeter-Strasburg SD
- Lampeter-Strasburg SHSHigh · 890 students
- Martin Meylin Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Lampeter Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Lampeter-Strasburg Early Childhood CenterElementary · 185 students
Other schools in Lampeter
- Lampeter-Strasburg SHSHigh · 890 students
- Martin Meylin Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Lampeter Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Meylin Middle School0.1 mi · 686
- Lampeter Elementary School0.2 mi · 375
- Lampeter-Strasburg SHS0.2 mi · 890
- Lampeter-Strasburg Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 185
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Willow St1.9 mi · 26
- Leola Elementary School3.3 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Hans Herr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hans Herr Elementary School?
Hans Herr Elementary School enrolls approximately 611 students in grades 03-05.
Is Hans Herr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hans Herr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hans Herr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hans Herr Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hans Herr Elementary School?
At Hans Herr Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hans Herr Elementary School?
Hans Herr Elementary School is overseen by Lampeter-Strasburg SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.