Valley View El Sch

Valley View El Sch is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in York, Pennsylvania, run under York Suburban SD, caters to 286 students in grades K through 2. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Valley View El Sch is one of 6 schools operated by York Suburban SD, a district that hosts 2,840 students overall.

Demographically, Valley View El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at Valley View El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for York County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across York County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), Valley View El Sch is one campus in the mix.

York Suburban SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley View El Sch has decreased 11%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 5% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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