Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COCALICO SD·NCES 420627005053
Reamstown Elementary School
44 South Reamstown Road, Reamstown, PA 17567 · (717) 336-1531 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
179 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Cocalico SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
60.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 66.5% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Reamstown Elementary School
Reamstown Elementary School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reamstown Elementary School this school | 375 | 47.7% | 64.2% |
| Quarryville Elementary School Quarryville | 346 | 46.0% | 51.3% |
| Lampeter Elementary School Lampeter | 375 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Halifax Area Elementary School Halifax | 349 | 50.4% | 53.6% |
| Clermont Elementary School Quarryville | 398 | 49.0% | 49.9% |
| North Side Primary School Ellwood City | 376 | 50.5% | N/A |
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 Reamstown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #467 of 1,396 | #20 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #527 of 1,511 ▼ 215 | #21 of 62 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #514 of 1,511 ▲ 126 | #28 of 62 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #972 of 1,638 | #42 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #713 of 1,528 | #25 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #1,109 of 1,531 | #62 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #1,038 of 1,600 | #42 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #853 of 1,045 | #40 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
375
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 375 | 29.2 | 12.9:1 | 48% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 29.5 | 13.0:1 | 47% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 26.5 | 15.0:1 | 43% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 34% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 27.1 | 14.5:1 | 35% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 31% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 12% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 27 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reamstown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (394 to 375); teachers up 8% (27.1 to 29.2).
About Reamstown Elementary School
Reamstown Elementary School is a small elementary school in Reamstown, Pennsylvania, administered by Cocalico SD. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 375 students.
A total of 5 schools make up Cocalico SD, with 2,852 students enrolled.
Most students at Reamstown Elementary School are White: 87% of enrollment. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Reamstown Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
Its 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.9:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Reamstown Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Reamstown Elementary School is 57.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.2%.
In Lancaster County (population about 557,931), median household income is about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 114 public schools operate in Lancaster County, serving about 62,719 students.
Denver Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Reamstown Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Reamstown Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 368 students in 2020-21 and 375 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.2:1 to 12.9:1.
Discussions about Reamstown Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Cocalico SD
- Cocalico SHSHigh · 991 students
- Cocalico Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Denver Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Adamstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Denver Elementary School1.8 mi · 460
- Cocalico Middle School1.9 mi · 617
- Cocalico SHS2.0 mi · 991
- Highland Elementary School3.3 mi · 438
- Fulton Elementary School3.6 mi · 297
- Ephrata Intermediate School4.0 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Reamstown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Reamstown Elementary School?
Reamstown Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Reamstown Elementary School serve?
Reamstown Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Reamstown Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Reamstown Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Reamstown Elementary School?
At Reamstown Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Reamstown Elementary School?
Reamstown Elementary School is overseen by Cocalico SD in Lancaster County.
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