Martin School

Located at 2000 Wabank Rd, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Martin School is a moderately sized elementary-level community that teaches 623 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Lancaster SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Martin School sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

Martin School is one of 19 schools operated by Lancaster SD, a district that hosts 9,901 students overall.

On demographics, Martin School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Black, 14% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Martin School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 104% of students at Martin School 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Martin School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.9%; this one delivers 27.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Martin School is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

Penn Manor HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin School. On composite proficiency, Martin School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 730 students in 2018 compared to 623 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 15% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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