Martic El Sch

Set in Holtwood, Pennsylvania, Martic El Sch is a cozy elementary-level community, overseen by Penn Manor SD. It caters to 291 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 34% below the state mean of about 443.

Within Penn Manor SD, which oversees 10 schools and 5,431 students, Martic El Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Martic El Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Martic El Sch has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Martic El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible 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 somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Martic El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 65.4%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Martic El Sch is one.

Marticville MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Martic El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martic El Sch at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Martic El Sch community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.