Enrollment
140
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLASTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420723004701
Leaders Heights Elementary School
49 Indian Rock Dam Rd, York, PA 17403 · (717) 741-1826 · York County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL140 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
48 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 34% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 24% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Leaders Heights Elementary School→Dallastown Area Intermediate School→Dallastown Area Middle School→Dallastown Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Dallastown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.6pp 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 75 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 67.4% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Leaders Heights Elementary School
Leaders Heights Elementary School's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leaders Heights Elementary School this school | 140 | 34.3% | 66.3% |
| Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary School Shippensburg | 132 | 29.5% | 60.4% |
| Patterson Primary School Beaver Falls | 141 | 35.5% | N/A |
| North Dickinson Elementary School Carlisle | 193 | 42.5% | 48.7% |
| Bainbridge Elementary School Bainbridge | 219 | 32.9% | N/A |
| West Newton Elementary School West Newton | 181 | 42.0% | 80.9% |
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 Leaders Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #407 of 1,396 | #14 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #188 of 1,511 ▲ 101 | #5 of 62 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #496 of 1,511 ▼ 35 | #20 of 62 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 140 | #1,595 of 1,638 | #65 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #1,265 of 1,600 | #56 of 65 |
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
140
+8 (+6%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 140 | 11.7 | 11.9:1 | 34% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 13.1 | 12.8:1 | 29% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 166 | 13.1 | 12.6:1 | 27% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | 13 | 10.2:1 | 28% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 160 | 12 | 13.3:1 | 23% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 174 | 13 | 13.4:1 | 24% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 166 | 12 | 13.8:1 | 16% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 248 | 13 | 19.1:1 | 2% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 17 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leaders Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (160 to 140); teachers down 2% (12 to 11.7).
About Leaders Heights Elementary School
Leaders Heights Elementary School is a very small elementary school in York, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Dallastown Area SD. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 3, with 140 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 443.
Dallastown Area SD counts 8 schools and 6,332 students, including Leaders Heights Elementary School.
White students account for 80% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Among York County residents, the White share is about 81%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
Staffing at Leaders Heights Elementary School comes to 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. On the income side, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in York County averages 53%, higher than here.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Leaders Heights Elementary School outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Leaders Heights Elementary School is +3.4 points: 66.3% actual, 62.9% predicted.
In York County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $84,829 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Leaders Heights Elementary School, York County has 111 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Leaders Heights Elementary School is closest to York Twp Elementary School, about 1.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 45.6% on proficiency, and Leaders Heights Elementary School is above that at 66.3%.
Locale data from NCES put Leaders Heights Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 8 students, from 132 to 140. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (10.2:1).
This page is set up for the Leaders Heights Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Dallastown Area SD
- Dallastown Area SHSHigh · 2,046 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- Dallastown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
- Ore Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Loganville-Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- York Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Nearby schools
- York Twp Elementary School1.8 mi · 415
- York County School of Technology2.1 mi · 1,615
- Indian Rock Elementary School2.5 mi · 314
- Dallastown Area Intermediate School2.6 mi · 1,519
- Valley View Elementary School2.8 mi · 286
- York Suburban SHS2.9 mi · 859
Frequently asked questions
About Leaders Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Leaders Heights Elementary School?
Leaders Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 140 students in grades KG-03.
Is Leaders Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leaders Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leaders Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leaders Heights Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leaders Heights Elementary School?
At Leaders Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Leaders Heights Elementary School public or private?
Leaders Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dallastown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.