Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLISLE AREA SD·NCES 420501001686
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School
110 Mooreland Ave, Mt Holly Springs, PA 17065 · (717) 240-6800 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
135 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 59% · US 70%
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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.4% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 25.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Mt Holly Springs Elementary School
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Holly Springs Elementary School this school | 215 | 62.8% | 36.1% |
| Dallastown Elementary School Dallastown | 181 | 63.5% | 79.3% |
| Washington Elementary School Hanover | 213 | 64.8% | 62.4% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Indiana | 213 | 61.5% | 58.0% |
| Colebrookdale Elementary School Boyertown | 234 | 55.1% | 48.8% |
| Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus Mayfield | 268 | 65.7% | 46.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Mt Holly Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,104 of 1,396 | #34 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,105 of 1,511 ▲ 99 | #32 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,108 of 1,511 ▲ 110 | #34 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #1,498 of 1,638 | #35 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #373 of 1,528 | #3 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #781 of 1,531 | #30 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #791 of 1,600 | #7 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #1,024 of 1,045 | #21 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25Enrollment
215
-33 (-13%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 215 | 18.2 | 11.8:1 | 63% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 16.4 | 13.1:1 | 63% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | 19.5 | 11.4:1 | 60% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 64% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 216 | 15.3 | 14.1:1 | 57% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 60% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 42% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 23% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 14 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Holly Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (216 to 215); teachers up 19% (15.3 to 18.2).
About Mt Holly Springs Elementary School
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Mt Holly Springs, Pennsylvania. There are 215 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 51% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
In Carlisle Area SD, 10 schools enroll a combined 5,087 students.
Of every 100 students at Mt Holly Springs Elementary School, about 77 are White. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. The diversity index for Mt Holly Springs Elementary School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. The school has 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.3 students per teacher. In all, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 22 points lower.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Mt Holly Springs Elementary School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mt Holly Springs Elementary School's results are 14.6 points below predicted: 36.1% against 50.7%.
For the population of Cumberland County, median household income comes to about $87,494, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Cumberland County counts 57 public schools with about 33,044 students.
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from W.G. Rice Elementary School, its nearest public school. Mt Holly Springs Elementary School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mt Holly Springs Elementary School at 8th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 215, from 248 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carlisle Area SD
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- W.G. Rice Elementary School0.9 mi · 453
- North Dickinson Elementary School3.5 mi · 193
- Yellow Breeches Middle School3.7 mi · 508
- Boiling Springs High School3.9 mi · 707
- Iron Forge Elementary School4.0 mi · 468
- Lamberton Middle School5.1 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Holly Springs Elementary SchoolHow large is Mt Holly Springs Elementary School?
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 215 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mt Holly Springs Elementary School serve?
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mt Holly Springs Elementary School have?
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt Holly Springs Elementary School?
At Mt Holly Springs Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mt Holly Springs Elementary School public or private?
Mt Holly Springs Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carlisle Area SD.
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