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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPFIELD SD·NCES 421179002575
Rohrerstown Elementary School
2200 Noll Drive, Lancaster, PA 17603 · (717) 299-7126 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
12.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
445 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 39% smaller than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
63.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
72.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.2% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 66.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 33 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Rohrerstown Elementary School
Rohrerstown Elementary School's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohrerstown Elementary School this school | 457 | 97.4% | 69.2% |
| Octorara Primary LC Atglen | 412 | 95.1% | N/A |
| Tobyhanna El Center Pocono Pines | 551 | 99.5% | 55.9% |
| East Petersburg Elementary School East Petersburg | 480 | 95.8% | 63.2% |
| Mountville Elementary School Mountville | 552 | 99.5% | 61.6% |
| Fanny Jackson Coppin School Philadelphia | 547 | 98.2% | 59.3% |
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 Rohrerstown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #313 of 1,396 | #8 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #231 of 1,511 ▲ 69 | #6 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #353 of 1,511 ▲ 44 | #13 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #662 of 1,638 | #24 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #739 of 1,528 | #27 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #213 of 1,531 | #8 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #485 of 1,600 | #13 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #445 of 450 | #15 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
457
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 457 | 35.3 | 12.9:1 | 97% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 99% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 35.5 | 13.2:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 40% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 35.1 | 13.0:1 | 35% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 34% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 24% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 25 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rohrerstown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (456 to 457); teachers up 1% (35.1 to 35.3).
About Rohrerstown Elementary School
Rohrerstown Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 457 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6.
The Hempfield SD system has 10 schools and 6,884 students.
White students are the largest group at Rohrerstown Elementary School, with 49% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 29% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 32 points below the 82% share among Lancaster County residents. Rohrerstown Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Rohrerstown Elementary School is 97%. Among public schools in Lancaster County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Rohrerstown Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 35.9%. Rohrerstown Elementary School posts 69.2%, 33.3 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Lancaster County (population about 557,931), median household income is about $86,959, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 114 public schools operate in Lancaster County, serving about 62,719 students.
Of nearby public schools, Centerville Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.8 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 69.2% is above the 47.7% average for nearby schools.
Rohrerstown 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.
Enrollment went from 448 in 2020-21 to 457 in 2024-25, a change of 9 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Hempfield SD
- Hempfield SHSHigh · 2,281 students
- Centerville Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- Mountville Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Landisville Pri CenterElementary · 547 students
- Centerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Landisville Middle SchoolMiddle · 501 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Centerville Elementary School1.8 mi · 544
- Centerville Middle School2.0 mi · 559
- Wheatland Middle School2.3 mi · 453
- Price Elementary School2.3 mi · 331
- Smith-Wade-El Elementary School2.4 mi · 397
- Manor Middle School2.4 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Rohrerstown Elementary SchoolHow large is Rohrerstown Elementary School?
Rohrerstown Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-06.
Is Rohrerstown Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rohrerstown Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Rohrerstown Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Rohrerstown Elementary School.
How diverse is Rohrerstown Elementary School?
Rohrerstown Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 29% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Rohrerstown Elementary School?
Rohrerstown Elementary School is overseen by Hempfield SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.