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How has Spring Grove El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
724
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING GROVE AREA SD·NCES 422259004618
Spring Grove Elementary School
1450 Roth's Church Road, Spring Grove, PA 17362 · (717) 225-4731 · York County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B+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
16.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
306 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 21% smaller than its 4th grade class (152).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Spring Grove Elementary School→Spring Grove Area Intrmd School→Spring Grove Area Middle School→Spring Grove Area High School
Based on grade levels within Spring Grove Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.1pp since 2023
Math
70.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 70.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 65.6% |
% 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Spring Grove Elementary School
Spring Grove Elementary School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove Elementary School this school | 724 | 42.3% | 68.7% |
| Daniel Boone Area Intermediate Cntr Douglassville | 648 | 39.4% | 60.9% |
| Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School Red Lion | 631 | 44.7% | 50.1% |
| Allison Park Elementary School Houston | 691 | 37.0% | 64.2% |
| Bear Creek School Elizabethtown | 750 | 47.9% | 62.9% |
| Schuylkill Valley Elementary School Leesport | 744 | 37.2% | 53.9% |
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 Spring Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #330 of 1,396 | #11 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #273 of 1,511 ▲ 68 | #9 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #476 of 1,511 ▼ 101 | #17 of 62 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #122 of 1,638 | #1 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,428 of 1,528 | #61 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #776 of 1,531 | #34 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #1,126 of 1,600 | #43 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #187 of 450 | #8 of 18 |
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
724
+72 (+11%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 724 | 44 | 16.5:1 | 42% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 44.3 | 16.4:1 | 42% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 43.3 | 16.7:1 | 36% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 38.8 | 17.1:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 32% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 24% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 9% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 24 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (662 to 724); teachers up 13% (38.8 to 44).
About Spring Grove Elementary School
In Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, part of York County, Spring Grove Elementary School is an elementary school. A federal count lists 724 students at the school, in kindergarten through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Spring Grove Elementary School is part of Spring Grove Area SD, where 6 schools serve 3,854 students.
Spring Grove Elementary School is 77% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. Spring Grove Elementary School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 44 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.5:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 42% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 53% for public schools in York County.
allk12 grades Spring Grove Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Spring Grove Elementary School's results are 9.2 points above predicted: 68.7% against 59.5%.
Across York County, the median household income is $84,829, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, York County has 111 public schools and roughly 64,242 students.
The school nearest to Spring Grove Elementary School is Spring Grove Area Intrmd School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Spring Grove Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment gain, from 652 in 2020-21 to 724 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Spring Grove Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spring Grove Area SD
- Spring Grove Area High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Spring Grove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Spring Grove Area Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- New Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Paradise Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in Spring Grove
- Spring Grove Area High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Spring Grove Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Spring Grove Area Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 608 students
Other Spring Grove Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Spring Grove Elementary. Spring Grove Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Spring Grove ElementaryHollister, CA · 762 students
- Spring Grove Elementary SchoolSpring Grove, IL · 327 students
- SPRING GROVE ELEMENTARYSPRING GROVE, MN · 186 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Grove Area Intrmd School0.2 mi · 608
- Spring Grove Area High School0.3 mi · 1,163
- Spring Grove Area Middle School0.7 mi · 650
- Paradise Elementary School3.1 mi · 306
- New Salem Elementary School4.3 mi · 403
- Leib Elementary School6.3 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Spring Grove Elementary School?
Spring Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 724 students in grades KG-04.
Is Spring Grove Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Grove Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Spring Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Spring Grove Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Grove Elementary School?
At Spring Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Spring Grove Elementary School in?
Spring Grove Elementary School is part of Spring Grove Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.