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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Paradise El Sch, Paradise, PA

Paradise El Sch is a public elementary school in Paradise, part of Pequea Valley SD. It enrolled 382 students in 2024-25, with 12.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
382
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
12.7
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 0.7 higher than the district figure of 12.0. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.7
District12.0
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
20 N Belmont Rd, Paradise, PA 17562
Phone
(717)768-5560
District
Pequea Valley SD
County
Lancaster County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
421890002647
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
230
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
24363.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Pequea Valley SD

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.