Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WESTERN SD·NCES 422247004605
Manheim Elementary School
5778 Blooming Grove Road, Glenville, PA 17329 · (717) 229-2930 · York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
90 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 South Western SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
61.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.2pp 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 62 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 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 61.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 51.5% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Manheim Elementary School
Manheim Elementary School's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim Elementary School this school | 256 | 35.2% | 61.7% |
| Fawn Area Elementary School Fawn Grove | 249 | 36.5% | 68.5% |
| N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary School Red Lion | 240 | 36.3% | 53.0% |
| W W Evans Memorial Elementary School Bloomsburg | 250 | 32.8% | 60.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Lake Ariel | 239 | 31.8% | 75.7% |
| Wellsville Campus Wellsville | 244 | 38.5% | 55.4% |
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 Manheim Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #530 of 1,396 | #21 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #493 of 1,511 ▲ 220 | #20 of 62 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #486 of 1,511 ▼ 51 | #19 of 62 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #1,390 of 1,638 | #55 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #396 of 1,528 | #11 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #1,272 of 1,531 | #58 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #1,247 of 1,600 | #54 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #417 of 450 | #18 of 18 |
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
256
+25 (+11%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 200
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 256 | 21.6 | 11.9:1 | 35% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 20.5 | 12.4:1 | 35% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 19.1 | 13.7:1 | 30% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 19 | 12.2:1 | 24% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 254 | 19.1 | 13.3:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | 27% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 13 | 18.2:1 | 11% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 174 | 10 | 17.4:1 | 5% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 200 | 10 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manheim Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (254 to 256); teachers up 13% (19.1 to 21.6).
About Manheim Elementary School
Manheim Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Glenville, Pennsylvania. It had 256 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
South Western SD has 4,378 students in 6 schools, and Manheim Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Manheim Elementary School is 91% White. The next largest groups are 3% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. The school's White share is 10 points above the 81% share among York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Its ratio of 11.9:1 is based on 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. In all, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 53% average among public schools in York County.
Manheim Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Manheim Elementary School is 62.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.7%.
The county, York County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $84,829 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Manheim Elementary School, York County has 111 public schools.
Manheim Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Friendship Elementary School, about 4.8 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Manheim Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 61.7% against a local average of 56.8%.
Locale data from NCES put Manheim Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
The school grew from 231 students in 2020-21 to 256 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 South Western SD
- South Western SHSHigh · 1,380 students
- Emory H Markle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Baresville Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Park Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- West Manheim Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Friendship Elementary School4.8 mi · 377
- West Manheim Elementary School5.3 mi · 538
- South Western SHS5.8 mi · 1,380
- Emory H Markle Middle School5.8 mi · 1,046
- Southern Elementary School6.3 mi · 527
- Ebb Valley Elementary6.3 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Manheim Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Manheim Elementary School?
Manheim Elementary School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Manheim Elementary School serve?
Manheim Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manheim Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manheim Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Manheim Elementary School?
Manheim Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Manheim Elementary School?
Manheim Elementary School is overseen by South Western SD in York County.
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