Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOVER AREA SD·NCES 420768004556
Weigelstown Elementary School
3205 Carlisle Rd, Dover, PA 17315 · (717) 292-8072 · York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
316 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Dover Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.9pp 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 48 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 55.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Weigelstown Elementary School
Weigelstown Elementary School's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weigelstown Elementary School this school | 323 | 97.8% | 57.3% |
| Oaklyn School Sunbury | 375 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Octorara Elementary School Atglen | 270 | 98.9% | 49.9% |
| Riverside Elementary School West Taylor | 352 | 98.6% | N/A |
| South Hamilton Elementary School Chambersburg | 275 | 97.1% | 60.8% |
| Falling Spring Elementary School Chambersburg | 256 | 94.5% | 57.8% |
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 Weigelstown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #669 of 1,396 | #28 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #843 of 1,511 ▼ 248 | #46 of 62 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #696 of 1,511 ▼ 23 | #32 of 62 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,160 of 1,638 | #44 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #563 of 1,528 | #20 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #403 of 1,531 | #21 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #461 of 1,600 | #9 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.0% | #94 of 1,045 | #1 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
323
-59 (-15%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 323 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 98% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 96% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 25.6 | 11.8:1 | 66% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 34% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 34.3 | 13.8:1 | 48% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 44% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 38% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 15% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 16 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weigelstown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (475 to 323); teachers down 24% (34.3 to 26).
About Weigelstown Elementary School
Weigelstown Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Dover, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 323 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 27% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
In Dover Area SD, 6 schools enroll a combined 3,149 students.
About 61% of the student body at Weigelstown Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. Among people living in York County, the White share is about 81%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. About 98% of students at Weigelstown Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in York County average 53%.
Weigelstown Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
A school in Pennsylvania with Weigelstown Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 35.7%. Weigelstown Elementary School scores 57.3%.
For York County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $84,829, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 111 public schools in the county, enrolling about 64,242, Weigelstown Elementary School among them.
Leib Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Weigelstown Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 382 (2020-21) to 323 (2024-25).
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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 Dover Area SD
- Dover Area High SchoolHigh · 979 students
- Dover Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- North Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Leib Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Dover Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
Other schools in Dover
- Dover Area High SchoolHigh · 979 students
- Dover Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- North Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Leib Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Dover Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Leib Elementary School1.0 mi · 372
- Dover Area Elementary School1.7 mi · 356
- Dover Area Middle School1.7 mi · 735
- Trimmer Elementary School1.9 mi · 421
- Wallace Elementary School1.9 mi · 427
- Dover Area High School2.0 mi · 979
Frequently asked questions
About Weigelstown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Weigelstown Elementary School?
Weigelstown Elementary School enrolls approximately 323 students in grades KG-05.
Is Weigelstown Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Weigelstown Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Weigelstown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Weigelstown Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weigelstown Elementary School?
At Weigelstown Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Weigelstown Elementary School in?
Weigelstown Elementary School is part of Dover Area SD.
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