Red Mill El Sch

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Etters, Pennsylvania, Red Mill El Sch works with 457 students from grades K through 4, operated by West Shore SD.

West Shore SD runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,705 students. Red Mill El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Red Mill El Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Red Mill El Sch has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Red Mill El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (York County) shows that median household income runs about $84,829, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, York County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), of which Red Mill El Sch is one.

Old Trail Intermediate Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Red Mill El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Red Mill El Sch's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 457). The White share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Red Mill El Sch typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.