Summitview El Sch

Located at 840 East Second Street, in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Summitview El Sch is a compact elementary-level community that instructs 363 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Waynesboro Area SD.

Within Waynesboro Area SD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,090 students, Summitview El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Summitview El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder is composed of 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Summitview El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 58.0%.

In the broader community, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $77,003, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Summitview El Sch is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students).

The closest other public school is Waynesboro Area MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Summitview El Sch. On composite proficiency, Summitview El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Summitview El Sch's enrollment has edged down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 573 (now 363). Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Summitview El Sch typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.