Summary:
The city of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, is home to 5 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools. The schools in this area demonstrate a mix of academic performance, with Farmdale Elementary School in the Hempfield School District standing out as a top performer, while the Donegal School District schools show more varied results.
Farmdale Elementary School is a standout, ranking 374 out of 1,534 Pennsylvania elementary schools and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school outperforms the district and state averages on PSSA Math and English Language Arts tests across grades 3-6, and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.7, better than 4 other elementary schools in the Hempfield School District. In contrast, Donegal High School has a 90.9% four-year graduation rate and a 1.2% dropout rate, but its Keystone Exam proficiency rates are below the state averages in Algebra I and Literature, though above the state average in Biology.
The schools in Mount Joy serve a diverse student population, with racial compositions ranging from 71.57% to 76.84% white, 2.13% to 3.94% African American, 14.41% to 20.12% Hispanic, and 0.58% to 1.18% Asian. Per-student spending ranges from $14,272 at Donegal Junior High School to $15,206 at Donegal High School. The smallest school, Lancaster County CTC-Mt Joy Campus, has the lowest student-teacher ratio of 0.5 among the schools in the data set.
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