Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN MANOR SD·NCES 421863002634
Pequea Elementary School
802 Millwood Rd, Willow Street, PA 17584 · (717) 464-3831 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% 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
13.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
195 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (46).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
48.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -20.0pp since 2023
Math
56.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 56.1% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 65.1% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Pequea Elementary School
Pequea Elementary School's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pequea Elementary School this school | 336 | 58.0% | 62.3% |
| James Gettys Elementary School Gettysburg | 334 | 56.9% | 59.1% |
| Baron Elementary School Manheim | 350 | 58.0% | 50.6% |
| Orendorf Elementary School Manchester | 350 | 58.0% | 55.5% |
| Fulton Elementary School Ephrata | 297 | 61.6% | 63.4% |
| Conrad Weiser West Elementary School Womelsdorf | 415 | 60.0% | 46.1% |
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 Pequea Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #513 of 1,396 | #25 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #650 of 1,511 ▼ 291 | #32 of 62 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #772 of 1,511 ▼ 399 | #41 of 62 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #1,119 of 1,638 | #49 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #874 of 1,528 | #32 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #514 of 1,531 | #27 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #847 of 1,600 | #25 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #937 of 1,045 | #45 of 49 |
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
336
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 336 | 25.2 | 13.4:1 | 58% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 22.9 | 15.6:1 | 55% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 22.6 | 17.0:1 | 54% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 46% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 24.8 | 14.0:1 | 35% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 23 | 13.6:1 | 32% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 13% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pequea Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (346 to 336); teachers up 2% (24.8 to 25.2).
About Pequea Elementary School
Pequea Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Willow Street, Pennsylvania. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 336 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Penn Manor SD counts 10 schools and 5,431 students, including Pequea Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Pequea Elementary School, at 66%. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Lancaster County is about 82% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 25.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Roughly 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Pequea Elementary School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 68% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Pequea Elementary School is 9.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 62.3%. Predicted: 52.7%.
In the county around the school, Lancaster County, the median household income is $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 114 public schools in Lancaster County, enrolling about 62,719 students in all.
The nearest public school is Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Willow St, at about 1.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Pequea Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 338 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 336.
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn Manor SD
- Penn Manor High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Central Manor Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Hambright Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Manor Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Marticville Middle SchoolMiddle · 393 students
- Eshleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
Other schools in Willow Street
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Willow StHigh · 26 students
Nearby schools
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Willow St1.5 mi · 26
- Conestoga Elementary School3.1 mi · 301
- Lampeter-Strasburg Early Childhood Center3.2 mi · 185
- Martin Meylin Middle School3.3 mi · 686
- Lampeter-Strasburg SHS3.3 mi · 890
- Hans Herr Elementary School3.3 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Pequea Elementary SchoolHow large is Pequea Elementary School?
Pequea Elementary School enrolls approximately 336 students in grades KG-06.
Is Pequea Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pequea Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Pequea Elementary School have?
Pequea Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pequea Elementary School?
At Pequea Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pequea Elementary School?
Pequea Elementary School is overseen by Penn Manor SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.