New Holland Elementary

Set in New Holland, Pennsylvania, New Holland Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school, part of Eastern Lancaster County SD. It serves 484 students across grades K through 6.

New Holland Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Eastern Lancaster County SD, a district that educates 2,568 students overall.

In terms of who attends, New Holland Elementary lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, New Holland Elementary lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at New Holland Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Holland Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. New Holland Elementary is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: Garden Spot SHS, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New Holland Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 586 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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