Rohrerstown El Sch

Rohrerstown El Sch is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, overseen by Hempfield SD, instructing 457 students in grades K through 6.

Within Hempfield SD, which oversees 10 schools and 6,884 students, Rohrerstown El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Rohrerstown El Sch logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Rohrerstown El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.9%; Rohrerstown El Sch posts 69.2%, +33.3 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Lancaster County's 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), Rohrerstown El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Centerville El Sch, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rohrerstown El Sch comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rohrerstown El Sch's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 457). White enrollment moved from 68% to 49% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Rohrerstown El Sch community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.