Vida CS

Vida CS is one of the cozy elementary campuss in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Vida CS, with 251 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Vida CS is a school of Vida CS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Vida CS lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 38% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at Vida CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Vida CS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.2%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of -11.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household income runs about $84,092, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Adams County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,831 students), Vida CS is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Vida CS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vida CS at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Vida CS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Vida CS's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 251). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 63% to 54%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Vida CS community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.