Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN YORK SD·NCES 420879006285
Kreutz Creek Elementary School
50 North Lee Street, Hellam, PA 17406 · (717) 757-9682 · York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
183 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Eastern York SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
44.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 40.8% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Kreutz Creek Elementary School
Kreutz Creek Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kreutz Creek Elementary School this school | 320 | 57.2% | 48.4% |
| Wrightsville Elementary School Wrightsville | 353 | 56.9% | 66.9% |
| Canadochly Elementary School East Prospect | 348 | 60.1% | 47.5% |
| St Thomas Elementary School Saint Thomas | 297 | 62.3% | 43.9% |
| Washington Elementary School Bangor | 375 | 57.3% | 66.0% |
| Franklin Twp Elementary School Cashtown | 340 | 51.8% | 52.0% |
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 Kreutz Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #907 of 1,396 | #47 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #917 of 1,511 ▲ 34 | #47 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #823 of 1,511 ▲ 4 | #45 of 62 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,173 of 1,638 | #46 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #212 of 1,528 | #5 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #851 of 1,531 | #38 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #865 of 1,600 | #26 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #291 of 1,045 | #6 of 42 |
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
320
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 320 | 28.9 | 11.1:1 | 57% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 28.5 | 11.6:1 | 55% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 27.1 | 13.3:1 | 53% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 44% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 24.1 | 16.6:1 | 42% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 45% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 40% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 29 | 17.5:1 | 12% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 24 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kreutz Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (400 to 320); teachers up 20% (24.1 to 28.9).
About Kreutz Creek Elementary School
Kreutz Creek Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Hellam. The latest federal count shows 320 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 28% lower.
Eastern York SD is the local district for Kreutz Creek Elementary School. It runs 5 schools with 2,188 students.
At 79%, White students outnumber all other groups at Kreutz Creek Elementary School combined. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 81% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Kreutz Creek Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
A ratio of 11.1:1 comes from the school's 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 57% of students at Kreutz Creek Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Kreutz Creek Elementary School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Kreutz Creek Elementary School is 4.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (48.4% versus 53.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Federal survey data for York County show that median household income is about $84,829, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 111 public schools operate in York County, serving about 64,242 students.
The next-closest public school is Stony Brook Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Kreutz Creek Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Kreutz Creek Elementary School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Kreutz Creek Elementary School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment went from 328 in 2020-21 to 320 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eastern York SD
- Eastern York High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Eastern York Middle SchoolMiddle · 527 students
- Wrightsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Canadochly Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Stony Brook Elementary School1.7 mi · 484
- Locust Grove Elementary School3.1 mi · 348
- Pennwood Cyber CS3.4 mi · 493
- Yorkshire Elementary School3.6 mi · 317
- Eastern York High School3.8 mi · 640
- Eastern York Middle School3.9 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Kreutz Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Kreutz Creek Elementary School?
Kreutz Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kreutz Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kreutz Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Kreutz Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Kreutz Creek Elementary School.
How diverse is Kreutz Creek Elementary School?
Kreutz Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Kreutz Creek Elementary School?
Kreutz Creek Elementary School is overseen by Eastern York SD in York County.
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