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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEWAGO VALLEY SD·NCES 420655006267
New Oxford Elementary School
116 Berlin Avenue, New Oxford, PA 17350 · (717) 624-2157 · Adams County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
324 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 143 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 27% |
Student demographics
40%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 Conewago Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.0pp since 2023
Math
73.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 73.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 77.0% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Oxford Elementary School
New Oxford Elementary School's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Oxford Elementary School this school | 565 | 57.3% | 69.4% |
| Dingman-Delaware Primary School Dingmans Ferry | 493 | 58.2% | N/A |
| Five Points Elementary School Bangor | 580 | 54.1% | N/A |
| New Holland Elementary New Holland | 484 | 59.7% | 51.0% |
| Dingman-Delaware Elementary School Dingmans Ferry | 470 | 56.2% | 60.8% |
| Tilden El Center Hamburg | 562 | 59.4% | 42.6% |
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 Oxford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #302 of 1,396 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #221 of 1,511 ▼ 97 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #534 of 1,511 ▼ 205 | #2 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #341 of 1,638 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #899 of 1,528 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #763 of 1,531 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #858 of 1,600 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #894 of 1,045 | #8 of 8 |
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
565
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 965
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 565 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 57% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 41.5 | 13.5:1 | 58% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 39.5 | 14.3:1 | 52% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 47% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 51% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 49% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 41% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 37 | 21.5:1 | 27% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 965 | 43 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Oxford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (588 to 565); teachers up 17% (36 to 42).
About New Oxford Elementary School
New Oxford Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in New Oxford, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 3, with 565 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Conewago Valley SD counts 5 schools and 3,678 students, including New Oxford Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, New Oxford Elementary School is 75% White. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Adams County's population at about 89%. The chance that two students picked at random at New Oxford Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
The school has about 13.4 students per teacher and 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points above the 47% average for public schools in Adams County.
New Oxford Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
New Oxford Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (69.4%) and its predicted rate (53.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Adams County show that median household income is about $84,092, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. New Oxford Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Adams County, which together enroll about 12,831 students.
Of nearby public schools, New Oxford Middle School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The school's 69.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes New Oxford Elementary School as Suburb: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 565, close to the 573 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.5 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,115
Census ACS
Median income
$84,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Conewago Valley SD
- New Oxford SHSHigh · 1,229 students
- Conewago Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- New Oxford Middle SchoolMiddle · 567 students
- Conewago Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
Other schools in New Oxford
- New Oxford SHSHigh · 1,229 students
- Conewago Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- New Oxford Middle SchoolMiddle · 567 students
Nearby schools
- New Oxford Middle School0.2 mi · 567
- New Oxford SHS0.2 mi · 1,229
- Conewago Valley Intrmd School0.7 mi · 842
- Conewago Twp Elementary School4.7 mi · 475
- Clearview Elementary School5.0 mi · 230
- Gettysburg Montessori CS5.3 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About New Oxford Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Oxford Elementary School?
New Oxford Elementary School enrolls approximately 565 students in grades KG-03.
Is New Oxford Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Oxford Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does New Oxford Elementary School have?
New Oxford Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at New Oxford Elementary School?
Student demographics at New Oxford Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees New Oxford Elementary School?
New Oxford Elementary School is overseen by Conewago Valley SD in Adams County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.