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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANHEIM TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421458000097
Reidenbaugh Elementary School
1001 Buckwalter Rd, Lititz, PA 17543 · (717) 626-1000 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-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
13.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
105 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (86).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Reidenbaugh Elementary School→Landis Run Intermediate School→Manheim Twp Middle School→Manheim Twp High School
Based on grade levels within Manheim Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
80.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.7% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 79.5% |
% 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
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Reidenbaugh Elementary School
Reidenbaugh Elementary School's state test result (79.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reidenbaugh Elementary School this school | 488 | 21.5% | 79.8% |
| Greystone Elementary School West Chester | 511 | 25.2% | 67.3% |
| Fern Hill Elementary School West Chester | 408 | 22.3% | 68.4% |
| North Wales Elementary School North Wales | 484 | 26.4% | 69.0% |
| Afton Elementary School Yardley | 483 | 18.8% | 81.2% |
| Ridge Park Elementary School Conshohocken | 525 | 22.7% | 75.7% |
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 Reidenbaugh Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #115 of 1,396 | #1 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #107 of 1,511 ▼ 17 | #1 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #188 of 1,511 ▼ 20 | #3 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #560 of 1,638 | #16 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #921 of 1,528 | #35 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #508 of 1,531 | #26 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #1,426 of 1,600 | #65 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.5% | #66 of 450 | #1 of 15 |
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
488
+48 (+11%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 488 | 36.1 | 13.5:1 | 22% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 21% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 33.3 | 14.3:1 | 23% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 21% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 26.5 | 14.9:1 | 20% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 18% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 30 | 19.8:1 | 14% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 11% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reidenbaugh Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (395 to 488); teachers up 36% (26.5 to 36.1).
About Reidenbaugh Elementary School
At 1001 Buckwalter Rd in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Reidenbaugh Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 488 students across kindergarten through 4.
Across its 9 schools, Manheim Township SD enrolls 5,992 students. Reidenbaugh Elementary School is one of those schools.
At 67%, White students outnumber all other groups at Reidenbaugh Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Lancaster County, the White share is about 82%. Reidenbaugh Elementary School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1 at Reidenbaugh Elementary School, with 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 22% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lancaster County is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Reidenbaugh Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.4%. Reidenbaugh Elementary School scores 79.8%.
Lancaster County census figures show that median household income is about $86,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 114 public schools operate in Lancaster County, serving about 62,719 students.
Manheim Twp Middle 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. Reidenbaugh Elementary School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Reidenbaugh Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 440 to 488 over 4 years.
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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 Manheim Township SD
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Nitrauer SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Bucher SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Schaeffer SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in Lititz
- Warwick SHSHigh · 1,241 students
- Kissel Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Warwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- John R Bonfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Lititz Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- John Beck Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Manheim Twp Middle School1.8 mi · 914
- Neff School1.9 mi · 283
- Manheim Twp High School1.9 mi · 1,953
- Kissel Hill Elementary School2.0 mi · 579
- Landis Run Intermediate School2.3 mi · 929
- Warwick SHS2.4 mi · 1,241
Frequently asked questions
About Reidenbaugh Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Reidenbaugh Elementary School?
Reidenbaugh Elementary School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-04.
Is Reidenbaugh Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Reidenbaugh Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Reidenbaugh Elementary School have?
Reidenbaugh Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Reidenbaugh Elementary School?
Reidenbaugh Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Reidenbaugh Elementary School?
Reidenbaugh Elementary School is overseen by Manheim Township SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.