Paradise El Sch

Paradise El Sch, a medium-sized K-5 school in Paradise, Pennsylvania, overseen by Pequea Valley SD, teaches 382 students, covering grades K through 6.

Paradise El Sch is one of 4 schools operated by Pequea Valley SD, a district that educates 1,303 students overall.

On demographics, Paradise El Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Paradise El Sch has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lancaster County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Paradise El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate median household income runs about $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Paradise El Sch is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

Pequea Valley HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Paradise El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 486 students in 2018 compared to 382 in 2025.

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