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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPFIELD SD·NCES 421179002578

Hempfield SHS

200 Stanley Ave, Landisville, PA 17538 · (717) 898-5510 · Lancaster County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,281 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 92% of Pennsylvania public high schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools

Enrollment
2,281
High
DISTRICT 688 · STATE 738
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
138 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
925 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 959326%
Grade 1052823%
Grade 1160026%
Grade 1256025%
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
1,50366%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
42319%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
1497%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
974%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
1075%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
1,15351%
Female
1,12849%

School pathway

Feeds from
Centerville Middle School07–08Landisville Middle School07–08
Based on grade levels within Hempfield SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
73.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2573.7%69.0%
2023-2474.4%71.9%
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Hempfield SHS

Hempfield SHS's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hempfield SHS this school2,28140.6%71.8%
Central York High School
York
1,75641.9%63.7%
Cedar Crest High School
Lebanon
1,67643.5%59.8%
Emmaus High School
Emmaus
2,84233.3%62.0%
William Tennent High School
Warminster
1,71048.8%49.0%
Quakertown Community High School
Quakertown
1,57037.5%54.4%
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Hempfield SHS ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Lancaster County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
71.8%#59 of 576#3 of 17
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
69.0%#57 of 626
▼ 24
#4 of 18
▼ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
73.7%#120 of 626
▲ 14
#7 of 18
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
2,281#25 of 713#2 of 21
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.5:1#504 of 601#16 of 17
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
52.3%#131 of 604#5 of 17
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
40.6%#454 of 619#12 of 17
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+5.1%#138 of 221#5 of 8
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
2,281
+122 (+6%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,648
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252,28113816.5:141% (925)
2023-242,254137.616.4:141% (925)
2022-232,268139.116.3:133% (754)
2020-212,15914415.0:130% (644)
2017-182,17014115.4:127% (585)
2015-162,25514116.0:131% (698)
2010-112,26014915.2:121% (470)
2000-012,21812617.6:19% (198)
1990-911,64811114.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hempfield SHS.

Since 2017-18: students up 5% (2,170 to 2,281); teachers down 2% (141 to 138).

About Hempfield SHS

Hempfield SHS, located in Landisville, Pennsylvania, is a high-enrollment high school. It teaches 2,281 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania have about 738 students on average; enrollment here is 209% higher.

Hempfield SD enrolls 6,884 students in 10 schools, including Hempfield SHS.

Of every 100 students at Hempfield SHS, about 66 are White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Lancaster County, the White share is about 82%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.

Hempfield SHS lists 138 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 3.8 students per teacher. About 41% of students at Hempfield SHS are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County is 14 points.

Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Hempfield SHS outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

Hempfield SHS's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.8% is 11.6 points above the 60.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

In Lancaster County, median household income comes to about $86,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 114, with about 62,719 students.

Hempfield SHS's nearest public school is Landisville Pri Center (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Hempfield SHS is 1st among 9 schools close by.

Locale data from NCES put Hempfield SHS in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 2,281, from 2,159 in 2020-21. The ratio was 15.0:1 in 2020-21 and 16.5:1 in 2024-25.

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Lancaster County at a glance

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Population
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students

Quick facts

School name
Hempfield SHS
District
Hempfield SD
Address
200 Stanley Ave, Landisville, PA 17538
Phone
(717) 898-5510
County
Lancaster County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
2,281
Teachers (FTE)
138
Student–teacher ratio
16.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
925 (41%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
421179002578
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Hempfield SHS
How large is Hempfield SHS?
Hempfield SHS enrolls approximately 2,281 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hempfield SHS serve?
Hempfield SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Hempfield SHS have?
Hempfield SHS employs 138 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is Hempfield SHS?
Hempfield SHS reports a student body of 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hempfield SHS?
Hempfield SHS is overseen by Hempfield SD in Lancaster County.
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