Summary:
Lincoln Charter School is the sole public charter elementary school located in York, Pennsylvania. Based on the available data, this school is performing significantly below the state average across a range of key metrics, suggesting systemic challenges that need to be addressed.
Lincoln Charter School is ranked 1417 out of 1511 Pennsylvania elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is one of the lowest-performing schools in the state. The school's test scores are consistently lower than the state average, with only 6.9% of students proficient or better in PSSA/Math and 11.6% proficient or better in PSSA/English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 41.7% and 48.5%, respectively. Additionally, the school's dropout rate of 1.4% is higher than the state average.
The data also reveals that Lincoln Charter School has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 102.13% for the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's spending per student for the 2022-2023 school year was $2,836, which is significantly lower than the state average. However, the school does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 16:1 for the 2023-2024 school year, which could be an advantage but does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes.
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