Orendorf El Sch

Orendorf El Sch operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Manchester, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Northeastern York SD. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Northeastern York SD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,971 students. Orendorf El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Orendorf El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Orendorf El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of +2.7 points.

Across the wider county, York County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,829, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, York County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), of which Orendorf El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Shallow Brook Inter Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orendorf El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Orendorf El Sch at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Orendorf El Sch's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 332 (now 350). The White share of enrollment fell from 77% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.