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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Wickersham El Sch, Lancaster, PA

CEP schoolWickersham El Sch is a public elementary school in Lancaster, part of Lancaster SD. It enrolled 402 students in 2024-25, with 11.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
402
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Students per teacher
11.8
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.6 higher than the district figure of 11.2. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.8
District11.2
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
401 N Reservoir St, Lancaster, PA 17602
Phone
(717)291-6291
District
Lancaster SD
County
Lancaster County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
421314002591
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
397
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
39798.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Lancaster SD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lancaster

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.