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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARWICK SD·NCES 422496002661
John Beck Elementary School
418 E Lexington Rd, Lititz, PA 17543 · (717) 626-3702 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
149 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
John Beck Elementary School→Warwick Middle School
Based on grade levels within Warwick SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 53.8% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 John Beck Elementary School
John Beck Elementary School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Beck Elementary School this school | 432 | 34.5% | 58.4% |
| Upper Perkiomen 4th and 5th Grade Center East Greenville | 466 | 36.7% | 62.7% |
| Harrison Park Elementary School Jeannette | 409 | 33.7% | 81.0% |
| North Pocono Intmd School Moscow | 445 | 36.9% | 61.7% |
| Hahntown Elementary School North Huntingdon | 419 | 37.5% | 83.1% |
| Twin Valley El Center Elverson | 395 | 37.2% | 65.8% |
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 John Beck Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #639 of 1,396 | #35 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #700 of 1,511 ▼ 47 | #33 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #488 of 1,511 ▲ 292 | #25 of 62 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #751 of 1,638 | #31 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #999 of 1,528 | #41 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #1,162 of 1,531 | #63 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #1,261 of 1,600 | #58 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #461 of 1,045 | #28 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
432
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 432 | 31.4 | 13.8:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 32.5 | 13.7:1 | 33% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 32.4 | 13.5:1 | 26% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 18% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 33.8 | 14.9:1 | 19% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 5% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 30 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Beck Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (505 to 432); teachers down 7% (33.8 to 31.4).
About John Beck Elementary School
John Beck Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Lititz, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Warwick SD. It educates 432 students in kindergarten through 6.
Warwick SD has 3,705 students in 6 schools, and John Beck Elementary School is one of those schools.
John Beck Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 88% White. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. John Beck Elementary School has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1 at John Beck Elementary School, with 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 34%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lancaster County is 55%.
In Pennsylvania, John Beck Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.4% actual against a predicted 62.8%.
Across Lancaster County, median household income is about $86,959, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. John Beck Elementary School is among the 114 public schools in Lancaster County.
The school nearest to John Beck Elementary School is John R Bonfield Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, John Beck Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
John Beck Elementary School had 434 students in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Discussions about John Beck Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Warwick SD
- Warwick SHSHigh · 1,241 students
- Kissel Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Warwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- John R Bonfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Lititz Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
Other schools in Lititz
- Warwick SHSHigh · 1,241 students
- Kissel Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Warwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Reidenbaugh Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- John R Bonfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Lititz Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
Nearby schools
- John R Bonfield Elementary School1.9 mi · 446
- Lititz Elementary School2.3 mi · 439
- Warwick SHS2.5 mi · 1,241
- Warwick Middle School2.6 mi · 568
- Kissel Hill Elementary School3.1 mi · 579
- Clay Elementary School3.6 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About John Beck Elementary SchoolHow many students attend John Beck Elementary School?
John Beck Elementary School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does John Beck Elementary School serve?
John Beck Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at John Beck Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at John Beck Elementary School.
How diverse is John Beck Elementary School?
John Beck Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is John Beck Elementary School public or private?
John Beck Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Warwick SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.