Letort El Sch

Set in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania, Letort El Sch is a close-knit elementary-level community, operated by Penn Manor SD. It hosts 325 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Penn Manor SD, which oversees 10 schools and 5,431 students, Letort El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Letort El Sch lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Letort El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at Letort El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Letort El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Letort El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Manor El Sch, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Letort El Sch at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Letort El Sch's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 325). White enrollment moved from 88% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Letort El Sch community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.