Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHEASTERN YORK SD·NCES 421752005272
Orendorf Elementary School
101 South Hartman Street, Manchester, PA 17345 · (717) 266-5621 · York County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- B-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
13.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
203 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 31% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
52.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.9pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.9pp 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 53 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 53.9% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Orendorf Elementary School
Orendorf Elementary School's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orendorf Elementary School this school | 350 | 58.0% | 55.5% |
| James Gettys Elementary School Gettysburg | 334 | 56.9% | 59.1% |
| Yorkshire Elementary School York | 317 | 56.2% | N/A |
| Kunkel Elementary School Middletown | 369 | 59.9% | 61.2% |
| Pequea Elementary School Willow Street | 336 | 58.0% | 62.3% |
| East York Elementary School York | 321 | 53.0% | 68.9% |
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 Orendorf Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #720 of 1,396 | #35 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #721 of 1,511 ▼ 71 | #35 of 62 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #674 of 1,511 ▼ 139 | #30 of 62 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,053 of 1,638 | #40 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #832 of 1,528 | #30 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #365 of 1,531 | #16 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #850 of 1,600 | #24 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #292 of 450 | #16 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
350
+13 (+4%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 350 | 26.5 | 13.2:1 | 58% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 27.9 | 12.7:1 | 57% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 27.9 | 12.7:1 | 53% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 43% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 26% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 33% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 29% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 21% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orendorf Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (332 to 350); teachers up 15% (23 to 26.5).
About Orendorf Elementary School
Orendorf Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Manchester, Pennsylvania. It had 350 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 3. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
The district, Northeastern York SD, has 3,971 students enrolled across 8 schools.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Orendorf Elementary School. Next come 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 81% White among all York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
A staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.1:1. By family income, 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Orendorf Elementary School outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Orendorf Elementary School scores 55.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.7%.
For the population of York County, median household income comes to about $84,829, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. York County counts 111 public schools with about 64,242 students.
Measured in a straight line, Shallow Brook Inter School is about 0.1 miles from Orendorf Elementary School. The five-mile area around Orendorf Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Orendorf Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment increased 4% over 4 years, reaching 350 in 2024-25.
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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 Northeastern York SD
- Northeastern SHSHigh · 1,189 students
- Northeastern Middle SchoolMiddle · 595 students
- Shallow Brook Inter SchoolMiddle · 507 students
- Spring Forge Intrd SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Conewago Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- York Haven Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other schools in Manchester
- Northeastern SHSHigh · 1,189 students
- Shallow Brook Inter SchoolMiddle · 507 students
- Spring Forge Intrd SchoolMiddle · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Shallow Brook Inter School0.1 mi · 507
- Spring Forge Intrd School0.4 mi · 477
- Northeastern SHS0.4 mi · 1,189
- Northeastern Middle School0.6 mi · 595
- Mt Wolf Elementary School0.6 mi · 217
- Central York High School3.2 mi · 1,756
Frequently asked questions
About Orendorf Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orendorf Elementary School?
Orendorf Elementary School enrolls approximately 350 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Orendorf Elementary School serve?
Orendorf Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orendorf Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orendorf Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orendorf Elementary School?
At Orendorf Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Orendorf Elementary School in?
Orendorf Elementary School is part of Northeastern York SD.
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