Larry J. Macaluso El Sch

Set in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, Larry J. Macaluso El Sch is a reasonably sized primary school, overseen by Red Lion Area SD. It teaches 631 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

Across the 8 schools in Red Lion Area SD (4,546 students total), Larry J. Macaluso El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Larry J. Macaluso El Sch shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with York County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Larry J. Macaluso El Sch has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 45% of students at Larry J. Macaluso El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Larry J. Macaluso El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 50.1%, a residual of -8.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (York County) records that the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, York County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), of which Larry J. Macaluso El Sch is one.

Locust Grove El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Larry J. Macaluso El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 681 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.