Wrightsville El Sch

Wrightsville El Sch operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, run under Eastern York SD. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 20% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Eastern York SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,188 students. Wrightsville El Sch is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wrightsville El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to York County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wrightsville El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 66.9%, a residual of +13.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for York County put the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wrightsville El Sch is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eastern York HS, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wrightsville El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wrightsville El Sch at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wrightsville El Sch has edged down 8%, going from 384 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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