NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Mount Joy, PA

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5 public K-12 schools in Mount Joy from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
2,437
Students
48/100
Avg Resource Index
14.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mount Joy has more public-school enrollment than 20% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Donegal Hs enrolls 39.2% of Mount Joy's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Mount Joy schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Mount Joy lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 15 to 955 students, a 64-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 80%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
81st percentile
Teacher staffing
57th percentile

Donegal Hs accounts for 39.2% of all Mount Joy public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mount Joy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mount Joy school enrollment varies 64× across entities

Mount Joy school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 955 students (highest), a spread of 940 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mount Joy student-teacher ratio is 14.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Mount Joy is typically wider than the Mount Joy-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lancaster County Ctc-Mt Joy Campus 64
2. Donegal Primary School 48
3. Farmdale El Sch 47
4. Donegal Jhs 41
5. Donegal Hs 40

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mount Joy

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Farmdale El Sch 44.9/100
  2. 2 Donegal Jhs 44.6/100
  3. 3 Donegal Hs 42.1/100
  4. 4 Donegal Primary School 40.7/100
  5. 5 Lancaster County Ctc-Mt Joy Campus 33.8/100

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Which Mount Joy school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lancaster County Ctc-Mt Joy Campus has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mount Joy schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mount Joy, PA? ▼

Mount Joy has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,437 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.