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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED LION AREA SD·NCES 422010006954
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School
1195 Windsor Rd, Red Lion, PA 17356 · (717) 246-8389 · York County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- C-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
13.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
282 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (100).
Student demographics
39%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
Based on grade levels within Red Lion Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 48.8% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School this school | 631 | 44.7% | 50.1% |
| Spring Grove Elementary School Spring Grove | 724 | 42.3% | 68.7% |
| Daniel Boone Area Intermediate Cntr Douglassville | 648 | 39.4% | 60.9% |
| Bermudian Springs Elementary School York Springs | 587 | 45.8% | 56.1% |
| Valley View Intrmd School Archbald | 548 | 45.1% | 46.2% |
| Moscow Elementary School Moscow | 581 | 48.0% | 64.0% |
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 Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #861 of 1,396 | #44 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #815 of 1,511 ▼ 27 | #45 of 62 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #924 of 1,511 ▲ 53 | #48 of 62 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #207 of 1,638 | #6 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #842 of 1,528 | #31 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #801 of 1,531 | #35 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #1,084 of 1,600 | #41 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #763 of 1,045 | #28 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
631
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 631 | 47.6 | 13.3:1 | 45% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 47.7 | 13.5:1 | 44% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 50.2 | 13.3:1 | 42% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 41% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 39.6 | 17.2:1 | 36% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 32% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 29% (210) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (681 to 631); teachers up 20% (39.6 to 47.6).
About Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 631 students covers kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 42% higher than the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 443.
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School falls under Red Lion Area SD, which has 8 schools enrolling 4,546 students.
At Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School, White students make up 77% of the student body. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 81% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 47.6 full-time equivalents, or about 13.3 students per teacher. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. About 45% of students, or 282, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in York County is 53%.
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School is -8.3 points: 50.1% actual, 58.5% predicted.
York County has these Census figures: the median household income is $84,829, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, York County has 111 public schools and roughly 64,242 students.
The closest public school to Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School is Locust Grove Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 638 to 631, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.3:1.
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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 Red Lion Area SD
- Red Lion Area SHSHigh · 1,363 students
- Red Lion Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Mazie Gable Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Locust Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
Other schools in Red Lion
- Red Lion Area SHSHigh · 1,363 students
- Red Lion Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Mazie Gable Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
Nearby schools
- Locust Grove Elementary School1.7 mi · 348
- Mazie Gable Elementary School2.1 mi · 481
- Ore Valley Elementary School2.6 mi · 556
- Pleasant View Elementary School2.8 mi · 436
- Red Lion Area SHS3.0 mi · 1,363
- Dallastown Elementary School3.2 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Larry J. Macaluso Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School?
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School enrolls approximately 631 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School serve?
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School have?
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School?
At Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School?
Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School is overseen by Red Lion Area SD in York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.