Mountville El Sch

Mountville El Sch is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Mountville, Pennsylvania, run under Hempfield SD, works with 552 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Mountville El Sch sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Hempfield SD (6,884 students total), Mountville El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mountville El Sch reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Mountville El Sch has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Mountville El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Mountville El Sch 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 somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountville El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.0%; actual is 61.6%, +26.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Mountville El Sch is one.

Centerville MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mountville El Sch. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountville El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountville El Sch has edged down 4%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 19% to 25% over that span.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.