New Salem El Sch

New Salem El Sch is a mid-sized elementary campus in York, Pennsylvania, run under Spring Grove Area SD. The school caters to 403 students in grades K through 4.

Across the 6 schools in Spring Grove Area SD (3,854 students total), New Salem El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, New Salem El Sch logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, New Salem El Sch records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Salem El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.6%; this one delivers 72.0%.

In the area at large, York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, York County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), of which New Salem El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Indian Rock El Sch, roughly 3.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Salem El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Salem El Sch at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.3%.

New Salem El Sch operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. New Salem El Sch's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 403). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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