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North Hills El Sch
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About North Hills El Sch
North Hills El Sch is an average-sized intermediate school in York, Pennsylvania, operated by Central York SD. The school teaches 675 students in grades 4 through 6.
North Hills El Sch is one of 7 schools operated by Central York SD, a district that teaches 5,505 students overall.
On the student-mix side, North Hills El Sch shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, North Hills El Sch has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, North Hills El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of -9.4 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for York County indicate 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 North Hills El Sch is one.
Central York MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Hills El Sch at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Trend over the last 7 years. North Hills El Sch's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 675). Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the North Hills El Sch community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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