Lancaster
Lancaster, PA schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$2,129 left/mo
3 bd $1,898/mo in Lancaster. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax.
Public-school students
63,809
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
12.4
5,146 teachers
Districts / schools
17 / 111
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$2,129
NCES counts 111 public schools here. 113 are filed under a level. 2 are not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
12 largest districts in Lancaster.
- Lancaster SD
Lancaster
- Students
- 9,959
- Schools
- 19
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.2
- Hempfield SD
Landisville
- Students
- 6,918
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.3
- Manheim Township SD
Lancaster
- Students
- 6,004
- Schools
- 9
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.5
- Penn Manor SD
Millersville
- Students
- 5,458
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.7
- Ephrata Area SD
Ephrata
- Students
- 3,918
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.8
- Conestoga Valley SD
Lancaster
- Students
- 3,848
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.6
- Warwick SD
Lititz
- Students
- 3,705
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.6
- Elizabethtown Area SD
Elizabethtown
- Students
- 3,527
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.9
- Solanco SD
Quarryville
- Students
- 3,013
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.8
- Cocalico SD
Denver
- Students
- 2,869
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.2
- Manheim Central SD
Manheim
- Students
- 2,780
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.7
- Lampeter-Strasburg SD
Lancaster
- Students
- 2,761
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.1
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
66
Elementary grades
Middle
26
Middle or junior high
High
21
Secondary grades
Other
0
K–12, ungraded, alternative
113 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Lancaster metro sits
Roughly the core of the Lancaster, PA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$330 left/mo. Childcare $1,153. Lancaster paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Lancaster
Take-home by job in Lancaster
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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