Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SHORE SD·NCES 422583004585
Newberry Elementary School
2055 Old Trail Rd, Etters, PA 17319 · (717) 938-2111 · York County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
12.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
131 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (52).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
57.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 46.2% |
% 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
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Newberry Elementary School
Newberry Elementary School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry Elementary School this school | 286 | 45.8% | 51.9% |
| Honey Brook El Center Honey Brook | 289 | 42.9% | 62.8% |
| Quarryville Elementary School Quarryville | 346 | 46.0% | 51.3% |
| Conestoga Elementary School Conestoga | 301 | 47.5% | 67.6% |
| West Penn Twp Elementary School New Ringgold | 250 | 46.8% | 54.1% |
| Klein Elementary School Erie | 282 | 48.6% | 69.9% |
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 Newberry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #822 of 1,396 | #42 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #599 of 1,511 ▲ 245 | #24 of 62 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #693 of 1,511 ▲ 385 | #31 of 62 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #1,298 of 1,638 | #52 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #663 of 1,528 | #23 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #979 of 1,531 | #46 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #1,062 of 1,600 | #38 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #500 of 1,045 | #13 of 42 |
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
286
+34 (+13%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 286 | 22.6 | 12.7:1 | 46% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 21.4 | 12.1:1 | 51% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 19.7 | 13.3:1 | 54% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 21 | 12.0:1 | 45% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 26.6 | 12.4:1 | 47% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 45% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 35% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 13% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 696 | 39 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newberry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (331 to 286); teachers down 15% (26.6 to 22.6).
About Newberry Elementary School
The public elementary school Newberry Elementary School is located in Etters, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 286 students in kindergarten through 4. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 35% lower.
District-wide, West Shore SD has 15 schools and 7,705 students.
About 83% of the student body at Newberry Elementary School is White. Other students are 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 12.7:1 comes from the school's 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 46% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for Newberry Elementary School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 34% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Newberry Elementary School's results are 6.1 points below predicted: 51.9% against 58.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in York County, the median household income is $84,829, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Newberry Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Red Mill Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Newberry Elementary School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is up 13% from 2020-21, when Newberry Elementary School had 252 students, to 2024-25, when it had 286.
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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 West Shore SD
- Cedar Cliff High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Red Land SHSHigh · 1,061 students
- Fairview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Old Trail Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Red Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Etters
- Old Trail Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Red Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other Newberry Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Newberry Elementary. Newberry Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEWBERRY, FL · 651 students
- Newberry ElementaryNewberry, SC · 421 students
- Newberry ElementaryMemphis, TN · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Red Mill Elementary School1.6 mi · 457
- Old Trail Intermediate School2.8 mi · 519
- Fishing Creek Elementary School3.8 mi · 431
- Red Land SHS4.0 mi · 1,061
- Crossroads Middle School4.1 mi · 541
- York Haven Elementary School4.7 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Newberry Elementary SchoolHow large is Newberry Elementary School?
Newberry Elementary School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades KG-04.
Is Newberry Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newberry Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newberry Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newberry Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Newberry Elementary School?
Student demographics at Newberry Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Newberry Elementary School in?
Newberry Elementary School is part of West Shore SD.
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