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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER SD·NCES 421314002597
Smith-Wade-El Elementary School
910 Hamilton Park Drive, Lancaster, PA 17603 · (717) 291-6151 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
409 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
43.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
34.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 32.1% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Smith-Wade-El Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #1,049 of 1,396 | #51 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,085 of 1,511 ▲ 8 | #52 of 62 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #927 of 1,511 ▲ 200 | #46 of 62 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #896 of 1,638 | #37 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #439 of 1,528 | #16 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #116 of 1,531 | #2 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #172 of 1,600 | #3 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #249 of 450 | #6 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
397
+42 (+12%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 397 | 33 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 100% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 28.5 | 15.7:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 99% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 23.5 | 15.8:1 | 100% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 58% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 33% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith-Wade-El Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (371 to 397); teachers up 40% (23.5 to 33).
About Smith-Wade-El Elementary School
Smith-Wade-El Elementary School is an elementary school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Lancaster SD. Its 397 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Lancaster SD includes 19 schools. Together they enroll 9,901 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Smith-Wade-El Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 46%. Other students are 26% White, 15% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 12% Hispanic share among all Lancaster County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 12.0 students per teacher and 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Smith-Wade-El Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Smith-Wade-El Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 33.4%. Smith-Wade-El Elementary School scores 41.2%, 7.7 points above that line.
Among Lancaster County residents, the median household income is $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Smith-Wade-El Elementary School is one of 114 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Wheatland Middle School, at about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Smith-Wade-El Elementary School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 397 students in 2024-25, 42 more than the 355 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.4:1 to 12.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Smith-Wade-El Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Lancaster SD
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 511 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 465 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
- Wheatland Middle School0.1 mi · 453
- Price Elementary School0.2 mi · 331
- Lafayette Elementary School0.5 mi · 437
- Hamilton Elementary School0.8 mi · 339
- Reynolds Middle School0.9 mi · 511
- Fulton Elementary School1.1 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Smith-Wade-El Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Smith-Wade-El Elementary School?
Smith-Wade-El Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-05.
Is Smith-Wade-El Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smith-Wade-El Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Smith-Wade-El Elementary School have?
Smith-Wade-El Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Smith-Wade-El Elementary School?
At Smith-Wade-El Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 46% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Smith-Wade-El Elementary School public or private?
Smith-Wade-El Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lancaster SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.