New Oxford SHS

New Oxford SHS is a big secondary school in New Oxford, Pennsylvania, run under Conewago Valley SD. The school educates 1,229 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% bigger than the state mean of about 738.

Across the 5 schools in Conewago Valley SD (3,678 students total), New Oxford SHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, New Oxford SHS lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at New Oxford SHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, New Oxford SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of -5.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Adams County) records that the typical household earns roughly $84,092 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Adams County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,831 students), New Oxford SHS is one campus in the mix.

New Oxford MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Oxford SHS at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.1%.

New Oxford SHS operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Oxford SHS has showed little movement, going from 1,202 students in 2018 to 1,229 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 20% across the same window.

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