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James Buchanan Elementary School

Public - Grades: KG-6
District: Lancaster School District

     340 S West End Ave
     Lancaster, PA  17603-5080   (map)
     (717) 291-6151

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Schooldigger Pennsylvania State Ranking:

1380th (of 1755 public elementary schools)

Type: Regular school
Status: Operational
Locale: Urban fringe of a mid-size city

Total Students(2005 - 2006*): 434
Fulltime teachers: 26.0
Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.7
Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 231 ( 53 %)

Am. Indian/Alaska Native: 0 ( 0 %)
Asian/Pacific Islander: 18 ( 4 %)
Hispanic: 130 ( 30 %)
African American: 56 ( 13 %)
White: 230 ( 53 %)
Unspecified: 0 ( 0 %)

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Enrollment information for James Buchanan Elementary School

James Buchanan Elementary School -- Enrollment by race:

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Enrollment information for James Buchanan Elementary School
Year	Caucasian	African Am.	Hispanic	Asian	Amer. Indian	Unspecified	Total
1987	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data	462	462
1988	408	22	12	5	0	0	447
1989	428	19	22	6	0	0	475
1990	426	19	17	7	0	0	469
1991	421	25	44	9	1	0	500
1992	422	31	36	9	1	0	499
1993	412	29	42	13	1	0	497
1994	412	27	51	10	1	0	501
1995	389	45	82	17	2	0	535
1996	389	45	82	17	2	0	535
1997	371	48	74	12	0	0	505
1998	300	44	66	11	0	0	421
1999	276	51	57	6	1	0	391
2000	242	49	64	9	0	0	364
2001	277	42	72	9	1	0	401
2002	230	58	87	15	0	0	390
2003	230	58	87	15	0	0	390
2004	239	57	99	17	0	0	412
2005	238	46	121	18	0	0	423
2006	230	56	130	18	0	0	434

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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This chart displays, by year, the number of students enrolled at James Buchanan Elementary School, broken down by ethnicity.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics