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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLASTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420723004551
Ore Valley Elementary School
2620 Springwood Rd, York, PA 17402 · (717) 505-5051 · York County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
248 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 124 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 26% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Ore Valley Elementary School→Dallastown Area Intermediate School→Dallastown Area Middle School→Dallastown Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Dallastown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 52.7% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Ore Valley Elementary School
Ore Valley Elementary School's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Valley Elementary School this school | 556 | 44.6% | 57.1% |
| Central Manor Elementary School Washington Boro | 595 | 51.6% | 62.9% |
| Whitfield Elementary School West Lawn | 573 | 40.5% | 61.6% |
| Stony Brook Elementary School York | 484 | 53.9% | 55.5% |
| Lorane Elementary School Reading | 456 | 45.0% | 51.4% |
| Miller Elementary School Levittown | 486 | 42.4% | 71.7% |
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 Ore Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #676 of 1,396 | #29 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #631 of 1,511 ▲ 43 | #27 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #484 of 1,511 ▲ 112 | #18 of 62 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #367 of 1,638 | #12 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,178 of 1,528 | #53 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #274 of 1,531 | #6 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #1,087 of 1,600 | #42 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #303 of 450 | #17 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
556
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 556 | 38.3 | 14.5:1 | 45% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 36.3 | 15.4:1 | 44% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 38.3 | 14.7:1 | 40% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 37% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 35.7 | 14.8:1 | 33% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 37% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 28% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 12% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | 20 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ore Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (529 to 556); teachers up 7% (35.7 to 38.3).
About Ore Valley Elementary School
Ore Valley Elementary School is an elementary school in York, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Dallastown Area SD. The school serves kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 556 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Dallastown Area SD enrolls 6,332 students, and its 8 schools include Ore Valley Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Ore Valley Elementary School is 56% White. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 25 points below the 81% share among York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
On staff are 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Ore Valley Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 45%. It compares with 53% for public schools in York County.
Ore Valley Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 44% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Ore Valley Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.1% and a predicted 58.5%.
In York County, median household income comes to about $84,829, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. York County counts 111 public schools with about 64,242 students.
York County School of Technology, about 1.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Ore Valley Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place Ore Valley Elementary School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 556, starting from 557.
On allk12, people connected to Ore Valley Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Dallastown Area SD
- Dallastown Area SHSHigh · 2,046 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- Dallastown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
- Loganville-Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- York Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Dallastown Elementary SchoolElementary · 181 students
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Nearby schools
- York County School of Technology1.2 mi · 1,615
- York Twp Elementary School1.6 mi · 415
- York Suburban SHS2.1 mi · 859
- Valley View Elementary School2.1 mi · 286
- Dallastown Elementary School2.3 mi · 181
- East York Elementary School2.5 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Ore Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ore Valley Elementary School?
Ore Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 556 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Ore Valley Elementary School serve?
Ore Valley Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Ore Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Ore Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Ore Valley Elementary School?
Ore Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ore Valley Elementary School public or private?
Ore Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dallastown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.