Newberry El Sch

Newberry El Sch is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Etters, Pennsylvania, part of West Shore SD, with 286 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 35% smaller than typical.

Across the 15 schools in West Shore SD (7,705 students total), Newberry El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newberry El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Newberry El Sch has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Newberry El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for York County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Newberry El Sch is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

The closest other public school is Red Mill El Sch, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newberry El Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newberry El Sch has shrank 14%, going from 331 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 83% across the same window.

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