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If you could change one rule at Union Canal El Sch, what would it be?
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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNWALL-LEBANON SD·NCES 420684009945
Union Canal Elementary School
400 Narrows Dr, Lebanon, PA 17046 · (717) 270-7227 · Lebanon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% 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.
- 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
12.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
256 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Based on grade levels within Cornwall-Lebanon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.1pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 31.4% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Union Canal Elementary School
Union Canal Elementary School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Canal Elementary School this school | 386 | 66.3% | 41.4% |
| Governor Wolf Elementary School Bethlehem | 432 | 62.7% | 43.0% |
| Clearview Elementary School Bethlehem | 384 | 71.6% | 43.1% |
| Barkley Elementary School Phoenixville | 281 | 58.7% | 57.0% |
| Biglerville Elementary School Biglerville | 421 | 61.8% | 55.4% |
| Wilson Borough Elementary School Easton | 285 | 64.6% | 61.4% |
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 Union Canal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,048 of 1,396 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,148 of 1,511 ▼ 45 | #13 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,134 of 1,511 ▼ 270 | #12 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #931 of 1,638 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #516 of 1,528 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #377 of 1,531 | #1 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #755 of 1,600 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #678 of 1,045 | #11 of 17 |
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
386
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 386 | 31.5 | 12.3:1 | 66% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 29.5 | 13.2:1 | 66% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 31.5 | 12.9:1 | 62% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 45% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 31.5 | 13.5:1 | 51% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 50% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 32 | 11.4:1 | 42% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 29% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Canal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (426 to 386); teachers unchanged (31.5 to 31.5).
About Union Canal Elementary School
This page covers Union Canal Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 386 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Cornwall-Lebanon SD is the district for Union Canal Elementary School. It has 6 schools and 4,881 students.
Enrollment at Union Canal Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 42% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Lebanon County's population at about 81%. Union Canal Elementary School has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. Eligible students account for 66% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for Union Canal Elementary School is C-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Union Canal Elementary School is 7.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 41.4%. Predicted: 49.2%.
Lebanon County has these Census figures: median household income is about $78,425, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Lebanon County number 37 and enroll about 18,804.
The closest public school to Union Canal Elementary School is Lebanon County Career and Technology Center, about 1.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Union Canal Elementary School comes in 3rd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The number of students declined from 416 to 386 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cornwall-Lebanon SD
- Cedar Crest High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- Cedar Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Cornwall Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Ebenezer Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Lebanon
- Cedar Crest High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,393 students
- Cedar Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- Lebanon Junior High SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Lebanon County Career and Technology Center1.6 mi · 9
- Houck Elementary School1.9 mi · 348
- Southeast Elementary School2.2 mi · 438
- Jackson Elementary School2.5 mi · 203
- Lebanon Intermediate School2.8 mi · 380
- Harding Elementary School2.8 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Union Canal Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Union Canal Elementary School?
Union Canal Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-05.
Is Union Canal Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Canal Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Union Canal Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Union Canal Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Union Canal Elementary School?
Union Canal Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Union Canal Elementary School public or private?
Union Canal Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cornwall-Lebanon SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.