Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch

Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch is a medium-sized middle-grades school in New Oxford, Pennsylvania, operated by Conewago Valley SD. The school serves 842 students in grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch sits 42% above that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Conewago Valley SD (3,678 students total), Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 56.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household earnings sit near $84,092, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch is one of 26 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 12,831 students).

New Oxford SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 53.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Conewago Valley Intrmd Sch's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 915 (now 842). The White share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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