Manheim El Sch

Manheim El Sch, a small K-5 school in Glenville, Pennsylvania, operated by South Western SD, serves 256 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

South Western SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,378 students. Manheim El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Manheim El Sch records that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Manheim El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.5%; this one delivers 61.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for York County indicate median household income runs about $84,829, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Manheim El Sch is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

Friendship El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Manheim El Sch comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 254 students in 2018 compared to 256 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Manheim El Sch typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.