Schools · Lancaster
Lancaster, PA schools
6 public, charter and private schools in Lancaster. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Lancaster’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Lancaster’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 18%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (1,768)Better than 0%
Towns in Lancaster County (41)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 4,215 tested students and a graduating class of 777; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Lancaster School District)12%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
79% graduate on time
Graduation rate
79%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
777
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #994 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Lancaster
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 6 schools in Lancaster
Showing 1–6 of 6 schools
Martin SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 623 students
C-PublicSmith-Wade-El El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 397 students
CPublicPrice El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 331 students
DPublicBurrowes El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 308 students
C-PublicWheatland MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 453 students
DPublicWay of Jesus AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 100 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.