Conewago Twp El Sch

Conewago Twp El Sch, a medium-sized elementary school in Hanover, Pennsylvania, part of Conewago Valley SD, enrolls 475 students, covering grades K through 3.

Conewago Valley SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,678 students; Conewago Twp El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Conewago Twp El Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Conewago Twp El Sch records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Adams County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Conewago Twp El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Adams County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,092 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Adams County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,831 students), of which Conewago Twp El Sch is one.

Clearview El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Conewago Twp El Sch. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Conewago Twp El Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.3%.

Conewago Twp El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 534 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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