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Landisville Pri Ctr
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Landisville Pri Ctr
Landisville Pri Ctr is a mid-tier primary school in Landisville, Pennsylvania, part of Hempfield SD. The school educates 547 students in grades K through 3. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.
Across the 10 schools in Hempfield SD (6,884 students total), Landisville Pri Ctr accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Landisville Pri Ctr lists that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Landisville Pri Ctr has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 37% of students at Landisville Pri Ctr qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lancaster County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Landisville Pri Ctr tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.3%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Lancaster County shows median household earnings sit near $86,959, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Landisville Pri Ctr is one.
Nearest neighbor: Landisville Intrmd Ctr, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Landisville Pri Ctr. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Landisville Pri Ctr ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.9%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. Landisville Pri Ctr's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 545 (now 547). White enrollment moved from 79% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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