Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER SD·NCES 421314002590
Wharton Elementary School
705 N Mary St, Lancaster, PA 17603 · (717) 291-6281 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
333 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 48.3% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 18 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 →
Where Wharton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #818 of 1,396 | #41 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #833 of 1,511 ▼ 29 | #39 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #877 of 1,511 ▼ 86 | #45 of 62 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #1,148 of 1,638 | #51 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #464 of 1,528 | #17 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #219 of 1,531 | #10 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #226 of 1,600 | #6 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #985 of 1,045 | #47 of 49 |
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
327
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 266
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 327 | 27 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 25.5 | 13.1:1 | 100% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 24.5 | 13.3:1 | 100% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 99% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 27.5 | 12.1:1 | 100% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 100% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 62% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 233 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 50% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 266 | 17 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wharton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (332 to 327); teachers down 2% (27.5 to 27).
About Wharton Elementary School
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is home to Wharton Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school enrolls 327 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Lancaster SD has 19 schools; together they serve 9,901 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Wharton Elementary School is White (49%). Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 82% White. By the diversity index, Wharton Elementary School comes in at 65%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.1:1, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1.
Wharton Elementary School is a top-10% school in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.9% with an actual 52.0%.
Lancaster County has about 557,931 residents, and median household income is about $86,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 114 public schools in Lancaster County, with a combined enrollment of about 62,719.
Nearest public school: Ross Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Wharton Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wharton Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 344 in 2020-21 and 327 in 2024-25, a decrease of 17 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.1:1) than in 2020-21 (13.2:1).
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lancaster SD
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 511 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 465 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Other Wharton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Wharton Elementary. Wharton Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Wharton Elementary SchoolWHARTON, TX · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Ross Elementary School0.4 mi · 281
- Reynolds Middle School0.5 mi · 511
- Fulton Elementary School0.7 mi · 274
- Brecht School0.9 mi · 236
- Carter and MacRae Elementary School1.1 mi · 444
- Price Elementary School1.1 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Wharton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wharton Elementary School?
Wharton Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wharton Elementary School serve?
Wharton Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wharton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wharton Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wharton Elementary School?
Wharton Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Wharton Elementary School in?
Wharton Elementary School is part of Lancaster SD.
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