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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL YORK SD·NCES 420549005088
Stony Brook Elementary School
250 Silver Spur Dr, York, PA 17402 · (717) 846-6789 · York County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
261 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 28% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
51.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.1pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 50.8% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Stony Brook Elementary School
Stony Brook Elementary School's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Elementary School this school | 484 | 53.9% | 55.5% |
| Rossmoyne Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 417 | 51.3% | 62.1% |
| York Twp Elementary School York | 415 | 50.6% | 49.1% |
| Central Manor Elementary School Washington Boro | 595 | 51.6% | 62.9% |
| Smoketown Elementary School Lancaster | 470 | 49.6% | 48.6% |
| Ebenezer Elementary School Lebanon | 500 | 56.6% | 53.5% |
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 Stony Brook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #719 of 1,396 | #34 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #622 of 1,511 ▲ 113 | #25 of 62 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #703 of 1,511 ▼ 186 | #34 of 62 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #572 of 1,638 | #18 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,033 of 1,528 | #40 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #232 of 1,531 | #5 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #928 of 1,600 | #31 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #202 of 1,045 | #5 of 42 |
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
484
+31 (+7%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 484 | 34.8 | 13.9:1 | 54% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 37.4 | 13.7:1 | 51% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 37.4 | 13.8:1 | 46% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 37% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 42.7 | 14.8:1 | 42% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 27% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 16% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stony Brook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (633 to 484); teachers down 18% (42.7 to 34.8).
About Stony Brook Elementary School
This page covers Stony Brook Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in York, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 484 students covers kindergarten through 3.
Central York SD operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,505 students.
Stony Brook Elementary School is 54% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 81% White among all York County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.9:1, with 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Stony Brook Elementary School is 54%. For comparison, public schools in York County average 53%.
Stony Brook Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Stony Brook Elementary School scores 55.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in York County, the median household income is $84,829, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 111 public schools in York County, enrolling about 64,242 students in all.
Nearest public school: Pennwood Cyber CS, about 1.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Stony Brook Elementary School's average proficiency of 55.5% compares with 54.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Stony Brook Elementary School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 484, a 7% rise from 453 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.2:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Stony Brook Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Central York SD
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- Central York Middle SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Hills Elementary SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Sinking Springs Elementary SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Roundtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Hayshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Other Stony Brook Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Stony Brook Elementary. Stony Brook Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolPENNINGTON, NJ · 395 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolROCKAWAY, NJ · 365 students
- Stony Brook ElementaryBrewster, MA · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Pennwood Cyber CS1.7 mi · 493
- Kreutz Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 320
- Yorkshire Elementary School2.0 mi · 317
- York Suburban Middle School2.5 mi · 743
- Locust Grove Elementary School2.5 mi · 348
- Central York Middle School2.9 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About Stony Brook Elementary SchoolHow large is Stony Brook Elementary School?
Stony Brook Elementary School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Stony Brook Elementary School serve?
Stony Brook Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Stony Brook Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Stony Brook Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stony Brook Elementary School?
At Stony Brook Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 21% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Stony Brook Elementary School public or private?
Stony Brook Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central York SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.