Schools · Lancaster
Lancaster, PA schools
23 public, charter and private schools in Lancaster. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
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 (1,862)Better than 1%
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 23 schools in Lancaster
Showing 1–23 of 23 schools
Washington El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 467 students
DPublicCarter and MacRae El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 444 students
DPublicLafayette El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 437 students
DPublicKing El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 413 students
DPublicWickersham El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 402 students
C-PublicHamilton El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 339 students
DPublicWharton El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 327 students
B-PublicRoss El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 281 students
CPublicFulton El SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 274 students
DPublicNew School MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–8 · 225 students
PrivateSacred Heart of Jesus SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 173 students
PrivateResurrection Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 115 students
PrivateSolvit AcademyElementary · Grades K–7 · 35 students
PrivateSolvit Academy IncElementary · Grades K–7 · 31 students
PrivateWonder AcademyElementary · Grades K · 17 students
PrivateJackson MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 524 students
D-PublicReynolds MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 511 students
C-PublicLincoln MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 465 students
DPublicMcCaskey CampusHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,600 students
B-PublicPhoenix AcademyHigh · Grades 6–12 · 305 students
D-PublicLa Academia Partnership CSHigh · Grades 6–12 · 196 students
D-CharterStone Independent SchoolHigh · Grades 7–12 · 115 students
PrivateAnchor Christian AcademyHigh · Grades 7–12 · 113 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.