Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMYRA AREA SD·NCES 421839002764
Pine Street Elementary School
50 W Pine St, Palmyra, PA 17078 · (717) 838-1331 · Lebanon County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
118 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (62) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Palmyra Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
75.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.8% | 75.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 78.2% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Pine Street Elementary School
Pine Street Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Street Elementary School this school | 342 | 34.5% | 78.7% |
| Forge Road Elementary School Palmyra | 341 | 34.0% | 59.7% |
| Northern Elementary School Dillsburg | 397 | 37.5% | 50.5% |
| Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence CS Scranton | 384 | 35.7% | 48.4% |
| Franconia Elementary School Souderton | 426 | 33.3% | 68.0% |
| Shepherdstown Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 283 | 35.0% | 63.9% |
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 Pine Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #133 of 1,396 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #183 of 1,511 ▼ 72 | #2 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #153 of 1,511 ▲ 1 | #1 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,098 of 1,638 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,180 of 1,528 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #734 of 1,531 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #1,260 of 1,600 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #828 of 1,045 | #13 of 17 |
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
342
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 342 | 23.5 | 14.6:1 | 35% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 23.8 | 14.6:1 | 34% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 24.7 | 14.7:1 | 32% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 26% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 28% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 8% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (362 to 342); teachers down 6% (25 to 23.5).
About Pine Street Elementary School
Pine Street Elementary School is an elementary school in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, reachable at (717) 838-1331. It educates 342 students in grades 1 through 5. The school's enrollment is 23% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Enrollment across the 6 schools in Palmyra Area SD totals 3,405 students.
White students are the majority at Pine Street Elementary School, with 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Pine Street Elementary School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.6:1, with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pine Street Elementary School is 35%. Across public schools in Lebanon County, the average is 61%.
allk12 grades Pine Street Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Pine Street Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 78.7%; the prediction is 62.8%.
Pine Street Elementary School is located in Lebanon County, where the median household income is $78,425, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Pine Street Elementary School, Lebanon County has 36 other public schools.
Palmyra Area Middle School is located about 0.3 miles from Pine Street Elementary School. The five-mile area around Pine Street Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Pine Street Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES assigns Pine Street Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Pine Street Elementary School dropped 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 351 to 342 students.
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Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palmyra Area SD
- Palmyra Area SHSHigh · 1,126 students
- Palmyra Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Lingle Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Forge Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Other schools in Palmyra
- Palmyra Area SHSHigh · 1,126 students
- Palmyra Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Lingle Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Forge Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Other Pine Street Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Pine Street Elementary. Pine Street Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Pine Street Elementary SchoolConyers, GA · 679 students
- Pine Street ElementaryWAYLAND, MI · 413 students
- Pine Street Elementary SchoolPresque Isle, ME · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Palmyra Area Middle School0.3 mi · 820
- Palmyra Area SHS0.5 mi · 1,126
- Forge Road Elementary School0.6 mi · 341
- Lingle Avenue Elementary School0.9 mi · 547
- Northside Elementary School1.0 mi · 229
- Hershey Middle School3.0 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Street Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pine Street Elementary School?
Pine Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Pine Street Elementary School serve?
Pine Street Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pine Street Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pine Street Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Street Elementary School?
At Pine Street Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pine Street Elementary School public or private?
Pine Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palmyra Area SD.
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