McKinley Sch

McKinley Sch is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in York, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within York City SD. The school educates 578 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

York City SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,306 students. McKinley Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, McKinley Sch shows that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting McKinley Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, York County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McKinley Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.6%; this one comes in at 17.6%, -18.0 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for York County indicate median household income runs about $84,829, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across York County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), McKinley Sch is one campus in the mix.

William Penn SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, McKinley Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 15.8%.

McKinley Sch operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. McKinley Sch's enrollment has climbed 7% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 578). The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 35% to 46% over that span.

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