Salisbury El Sch

Salisbury El Sch, a modestly sized elementary school in Gap, Pennsylvania, operated by Pequea Valley SD, hosts 258 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Pequea Valley SD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,303 students, Salisbury El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Salisbury El Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Salisbury El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 52.4%.

In the surrounding community, Lancaster County reports that median household income runs about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Lancaster County's 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), Salisbury El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Pequea Valley Intrmd Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Salisbury El Sch. On composite proficiency, Salisbury El Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salisbury El Sch has edged down 20%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 258 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 92% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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