Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHERN YORK COUNTY SD·NCES 421776004581
Northern Elementary School
657 S Baltimore St, Dillsburg, PA 17019 · (717) 432-8691 · York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
149 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Northern York County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.6% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 41.5% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Northern Elementary School
Northern Elementary School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Elementary School this school | 397 | 37.5% | 50.5% |
| Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence CS Scranton | 384 | 35.7% | 48.4% |
| Fishing Creek Elementary School Lewisberry | 431 | 34.8% | 62.8% |
| Adamstown Elementary School Adamstown | 409 | 41.6% | 65.7% |
| Pine Street Elementary School Palmyra | 342 | 34.5% | 78.7% |
| Trumbauersville Elementary School Quakertown | 376 | 39.6% | 55.3% |
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 Northern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #856 of 1,396 | #43 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #987 of 1,511 ▼ 52 | #49 of 62 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #725 of 1,511 ▲ 56 | #36 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #897 of 1,638 | #32 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #891 of 1,528 | #33 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #891 of 1,531 | #40 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,193 of 1,600 | #47 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.5% | #114 of 450 | #4 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
397
+125 (+46%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 397 | 29.6 | 13.4:1 | 38% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 26.6 | 14.4:1 | 39% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 29.6 | 13.4:1 | 40% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 35% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 26.7 | 12.7:1 | 31% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 35% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 22% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | 14% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 21 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (338 to 397); teachers up 11% (26.7 to 29.6).
About Northern Elementary School
Northern Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 397 students in 2024-25.
Besides Northern Elementary School, Northern York County SD runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 3,209 students.
White students account for 80% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among York County residents, the White share is about 81%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
The school lists 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. A total of 149 students, or 38%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in York County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Northern Elementary School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Northern Elementary School would be expected to post about 61.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.5%.
The school is in York County, where the median household earns about $84,829 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Northern Elementary School shares York County with 110 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Northern High School is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 4. The school's 50.5% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
Northern Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Federal data put enrollment at 272 in 2020-21 and 397 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.3 to 13.4 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Northern Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Northern York County SD
- Northern High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Northern Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Dillsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Wellsville CampusElementary · 244 students
Other schools in Dillsburg
- Northern High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- Northern Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Dillsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
Other Northern Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Northern Elementary. Northern Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Northern Elementary SchoolButler, KY · 501 students
- Northern Elementary SchoolLexington, KY · 424 students
- Northern Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, KY · 414 students
- Northern Elementary SchoolSomerset, KY · 352 students
- Northern ElementaryBEMIDJI, MN · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Northern High School0.1 mi · 982
- Northern Middle School0.2 mi · 757
- Dillsburg Elementary School0.9 mi · 440
- South Mountain Elementary School1.7 mi · 389
- Wellsville Campus5.7 mi · 244
- Monroe Elementary School5.7 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Northern Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northern Elementary School?
Northern Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
Is Northern Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northern Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Northern Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Northern Elementary School.
How diverse is Northern Elementary School?
Northern Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Northern Elementary School?
Northern Elementary School is overseen by Northern York County SD in York County.
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