Lancaster School District
Serves Lancaster and Lancaster Township.
Lancaster’s School Grade D better than 13% of Pennsylvania school districts
What stands out about Lancaster School District
- Its letter, D: results better than 13% of Pennsylvania districts
- Math proficiency 22 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 27 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 12 pts below the state
- Spends 14% more per student than the PA average
- 12 students per teacher
- Debt of $225.2M, about $22,747 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
D: better than 13% of the 688 Pennsylvania school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Lancaster. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. PA
2021–22 · class of 202393% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Down 4.3% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
19 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Pennsylvania.