The top reported proficiency rate is 91% in Science. The lowest is 76% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Letort El Sch
Letort Elementary is a small public school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Washington Boro, a quiet riverside village in Lancaster County along the Susquehanna River. The school enrolls roughly the same number of students across most grade levels, with a modestly diverse student body in which the majority are white, and about one-third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a working-class community with many families employed in healthcare, manufacturing, and construction.
The school's academic performance is solid. On the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment in grades three through six, about four in five students scored proficient or above in math, and about three in four reached proficiency in English language arts. In science, the most recent available data showed about nine in ten students proficient. Across these tested subjects, Letort's overall proficiency places it in the top quartile among districts in Lancaster County, suggesting the school is delivering grade-level instruction in a way that connects with most students.
Washington Boro itself is a place with deep historical roots and a distinctly local character. The village sits on rural roads with limited walkability; nearly everyone drives, and there is no commercial downtown to speak of. Civic life centers on Washington Boro Park, a four-acre riverfront gathering space that hosts the July Tomato Festival and a playground and sports fields, and on the school campuses themselves. The community is built out, with an unusually large stock of pre-World War II homes, and population has remained stable rather than grown rapidly. Most families own their homes. The village is about a short drive from Lancaster, the county seat, where many residents work.
The school is part of Penn Manor School District, which recently completed a substantial renovation and opening of a new high school in 2023, a project that brought modernized STEM and agricultural education spaces to the district's secondary facility. The district is a large one by rural Pennsylvania standards, serving about the size of a small county subdivision. For 2024-25, the board adopted a property tax increase and signaled that future building projects are planned for elementary schools, including possibly Letort's, so families should expect that further renovation or expansion could be in the works.
Two recent district policies may matter to families considering the area: in October 2024, the board passed policies addressing student records and athletics related to gender identity, with the student records policy allowing schools to use unofficial names and pronouns in school documents and the athletics policy restricting transgender athletes to teams aligned with sex assigned at birth. These are factors that shape the school climate and that some families weigh heavily in their choice.
The school's data on students with disabilities and English learners is not published, so a parent should ask the school directly about support services and whether the school has staff trained in language instruction. State testing data was not available for the most recent year in science, so current performance in that area is not documented here. Overall, Letort serves a settled, working-class community with a long local history and offers solid academic instruction in a small-school setting where most students are meeting grade-level benchmarks.
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