Neff Sch

As an intimate primary school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Neff Sch caters to 283 students from grades K through 4, part of Manheim Township SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Neff Sch sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Manheim Township SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,992 students; Neff Sch is among them.

Demographically, Neff Sch records that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Neff Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lancaster County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Neff Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.9%; this one delivers 69.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Lancaster County reports that median household income runs about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Lancaster County's 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), Neff Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Manheim Twp HS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Neff Sch. On composite proficiency, Neff Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Neff Sch's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 334 (now 283). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 68%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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