John Beck El Sch

Located at 418 E Lexington Rd, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, John Beck El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that enrolls 432 students (grades K through 6), part of Warwick SD.

Across the 6 schools in Warwick SD (3,705 students total), John Beck El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, John Beck El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, John Beck El Sch has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 34% of students at John Beck El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lancaster County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, John Beck El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 58.4%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,959, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John Beck El Sch is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

John R Bonfield El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John Beck El Sch comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. John Beck El Sch's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 505 (now 432). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.