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Black student results in Lancaster School District

Across 17 schools in Lancaster School District, 19.6% of Black students meet proficient. That is 6.4 points below the Pennsylvania average for Black students.

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28.4%
All students
19.6%
Black
23.9%
Hispanic
49.7%
White
40.5%
Asian

Average across the 17 schools in Lancaster School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 17 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Wickersham El Sch reports 50% of Black students meeting the standard. Washington El Sch, in the same district, reports 8.3%. That is a 41.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Lancaster School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Wickersham El Sch 48.1% 50% 40.9% 62.5% 60.7%
Hamilton El Sch 33.8% 42% 28.5% 41.2%
Fulton El Sch 37.2% 25% 34.1% 63.3%
Ross El Sch 29.8% 24.1% 26.1% 50%
Burrowes El Sch 33.6% 22.7% 25.3% 78.6%
Smith-Wade-El El Sch 39.2% 22.7% 24.7% 65.6% 45.5%
Price El Sch 23% 20.7% 22.2% 36.4%
Martin School 26.3% 19.5% 21.2% 53.5% 50%
Lafayette El Sch 23.9% 17.7% 22% 45.8% 18.8%
Lincoln Ms 22.4% 14.7% 18.8% 40.7% 33.3%
Carter And Macrae El Sch 19.8% 12.8% 19.8% 34.6%
Jackson Ms 13.1% 12.5% 14.1% 6.2%
Wharton El Sch 46.8% 11.5% 32% 68.4%
Wheatland Ms 18.7% 10.2% 15.3% 36.2% 25%
King El Sch 15.8% 9.4% 15.5%
Reynolds Ms 26.7% 8.9% 18.9% 62.8% 50%
Washington El Sch 24.6% 8.3% 26.8%

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How to read this. Pennsylvania suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,156 of Pennsylvania's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Pennsylvania figures should not be compared against another state's.

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