Pequea El Sch

Pequea El Sch is a tight-knit elementary school in Willow Street, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Penn Manor SD. The school enrolls 336 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Pequea El Sch sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Penn Manor SD, which oversees 10 schools and 5,431 students, Pequea El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pequea El Sch records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest reads as 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pequea El Sch has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 58% of students at Pequea El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Pequea El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.7%; this one delivers 62.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Lancaster County shows median household earnings sit near $86,959, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Pequea El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Willow St, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pequea El Sch at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 64.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Pequea El Sch's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 336). The White share of enrollment decreased from 81% to 66% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Pequea El Sch typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.