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Lenkerville Elementary School

520 South Market Street, Millersburg, PA 17061 · (717)692-3072 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
162 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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, 2023-24

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5015%
Grade 15818%
Grade 25718%
Grade 35116%
Grade 45718%
Grade 55116%

This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).

Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
—91%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
—3%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
—2%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Two+
—3%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2023-24 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
57.3%
PA avg 55.1%
Math
58.9%
PA avg 41.4%

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 55 and 41.

Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →

Where Lenkerville Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Dauphin County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
63.2%#487 of 1,396#9 of 31
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
58.9%#556 of 1,511#10 of 36
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
57.3%#505 of 1,511#9 of 36
Enrollment
ranked largest first
324#1,156 of 1,638#29 of 40
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.4:1#275 of 1,528#7 of 39
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
16.3%#1,268 of 1,531#40 of 40
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
50.0%#1,003 of 1,600#26 of 37
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.

6-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24
Enrollment
324
-31 (-9%) vs 2017
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.3:1
% White
91%
was 91%
% Hispanic
3%
was 3%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2023-2432426.812.1:150% (162)
2022-2331327.611.4:149% (154)
2020-213182512.7:142% (133)
2017-1835526.713.3:143% (154)
2015-163802913.1:146% (174)
2010-113903013.0:138% (150)
2000-014573114.7:115% (68)
1990-914903115.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lenkerville Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (355 to 324); teachers unchanged (26.7 to 26.8).

About Lenkerville Elementary School

Lenkerville Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in Millersburg, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 324 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 27% below that mark.

Millersburg Area SD has a total of 4 schools and 1,029 students, Lenkerville Elementary School among them.

White students are 91% of those enrolled at Lenkerville Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Dauphin County overall, about 63% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 16, compared with 70 nationally.

Based on 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Lenkerville Elementary School has a ratio of 11.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, 13.1:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Dauphin County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.

Lenkerville Elementary School is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (63.2% versus 56.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.

In Dauphin County, home to about 289,593 people, the median household earns about $76,242 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Lenkerville Elementary School shares Dauphin County with 74 other public schools.

Millersburg Elementary School sits about 1.1 miles from Lenkerville Elementary School. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lenkerville Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.

Enrollment was 324 in 2023-24. In 2017-18, it was 355. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.3:1 to 12.1:1 over the same years.

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Dauphin County at a glance

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Population
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students

Quick facts

School name
Lenkerville Elementary School
District
Millersburg Area SD
Address
520 South Market Street, Millersburg, PA 17061
Phone
(717)692-3072
County
Dauphin County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
324
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
11.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
162 (50%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
421536001793
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Lenkerville Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Lenkerville Elementary School?
Lenkerville Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lenkerville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lenkerville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lenkerville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lenkerville Elementary School is approximately 11.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lenkerville Elementary School?
Lenkerville Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lenkerville Elementary School?
Lenkerville Elementary School is overseen by Millersburg Area SD in Dauphin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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