New Oxford El Sch

New Oxford El Sch operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in New Oxford, Pennsylvania, run under Conewago Valley SD. Current enrollment sits at 565 students spanning grades K through 3. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so New Oxford El Sch sits 28% larger than that benchmark.

New Oxford El Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Conewago Valley SD, a district that hosts 3,678 students overall.

Demographically, New Oxford El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, New Oxford El Sch records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Adams County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, New Oxford El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 69.4%, a residual of +16.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Adams County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,092 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. New Oxford El Sch is one of 26 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 12,831 students).

The closest other public school is New Oxford MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around New Oxford El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Oxford El Sch at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 52.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 588 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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