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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY SD·NCES 420882004707
New Holland Elementary
126 Eastern School Rd, New Holland, PA 17557 · (717) 354-1520 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- C+Beats 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
11.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
289 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Eastern Lancaster County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 41.2% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 New Holland Elementary
New Holland Elementary's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland Elementary this school | 484 | 59.7% | 51.0% |
| Dingman-Delaware Primary School Dingmans Ferry | 493 | 58.2% | N/A |
| Dingman-Delaware Elementary School Dingmans Ferry | 470 | 56.2% | 60.8% |
| Conrad Weiser West Elementary School Womelsdorf | 415 | 60.0% | 46.1% |
| New Oxford Elementary School New Oxford | 565 | 57.3% | 69.4% |
| Saint Clair Area El/MS Saint Clair | 547 | 64.5% | 42.1% |
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 New Holland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #847 of 1,396 | #45 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #884 of 1,511 ▲ 55 | #44 of 62 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #613 of 1,511 ▲ 289 | #34 of 62 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #573 of 1,638 | #17 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #195 of 1,528 | #10 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #620 of 1,531 | #32 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #822 of 1,600 | #24 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #371 of 1,045 | #22 of 49 |
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
484
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 484 | 44.2 | 11.0:1 | 60% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 43.6 | 12.1:1 | 55% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 46.6 | 11.2:1 | 52% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 42% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 43.4 | 13.5:1 | 47% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 44% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 34% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 16% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 11 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Holland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (586 to 484); teachers up 2% (43.4 to 44.2).
About New Holland Elementary
New Holland Elementary, located in New Holland, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 484 students.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Eastern Lancaster County SD totals 2,568 students.
At 71%, White students outnumber all other groups at New Holland Elementary combined. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. By comparison, Lancaster County residents are about 82% White. New Holland Elementary has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
New Holland Elementary operates with 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. About 60% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, New Holland Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
New Holland Elementary scores 51.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.0%.
Among Lancaster County residents, median household income is about $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 114 public schools in Lancaster County, with a combined enrollment of about 62,719.
Garden Spot Middle School is the closest public school, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line. New Holland Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. New Holland Elementary comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies New Holland Elementary's location as Rural: Fringe.
New Holland Elementary saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 13.7:1 to 11.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The New Holland Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eastern Lancaster County SD
- Garden Spot SHSHigh · 865 students
- Brecknock Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Garden Spot Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
- Blue Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Other schools in New Holland
- Garden Spot SHSHigh · 865 students
- Garden Spot Middle SchoolMiddle · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Garden Spot Middle School1.9 mi · 404
- Garden Spot SHS1.9 mi · 865
- Blue Ball Elementary School3.1 mi · 374
- Pequea Valley Intrmd School4.2 mi · 212
- Pequea Valley High School4.4 mi · 451
- Paradise Elementary School5.6 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About New Holland ElementaryHow large is New Holland Elementary?
New Holland Elementary enrolls approximately 484 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does New Holland Elementary serve?
New Holland Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Holland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Holland Elementary is approximately 11.0:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Holland Elementary?
At New Holland Elementary, the student body is approximately 71% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is New Holland Elementary public or private?
New Holland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eastern Lancaster County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.