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Garden Spot High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
669 E Main St
New Holland, PA 17557
Phone
(717) 354-1555
District
Eastern Lancaster County SD
County
LANCASTER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
926
Classroom Teachers
69

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

7

(10 is best)

Better than 69.7% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Garden Spot High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
61%
49%
76%
64%
45%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 1 0.1%
Grade 7 1 0.1%
Grade 8 3 0.3%
Grade 9 246 26.6%
Grade 10 243 26.2%
Grade 11 224 24.2%
Grade 12 208 22.5%
Total 926 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.3% 79.8% 64.5%
Black 2.5% 3.8% 15.4%
Hispanic 13.0% 13.2% 15.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.9% 3.0% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 39.2% 45.4% 53.0%
Free lunch eligible 36.5% 41.6% 51.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.7% 3.7% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 32,810 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 339.8 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.4% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.5% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.0% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 19.6% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,348 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 2.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 74.8% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.9% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.4% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.6% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.4% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.4% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 5.9% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,686 $29,824,000 45.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,211 $3,379,000 5.1%
Staff $1,268 $3,538,000 5.4%
General Administration $362 $1,010,000 1.5%
School Administration $750 $2,093,000 3.2%
Operation $1,449 $4,045,000 6.1%
Transportation $1,007 $2,810,000 4.3%
Other $1,187 $3,314,000 5.0%
Total Support $7,234 $20,189,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,736 $16,009,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $23,655 $66,022,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,819 $18,319,893,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,093 $1,850,572,000 4.8%
Staff $669 $1,132,122,000 2.9%
General Administration $477 $808,056,000 2.1%
School Administration $816 $1,382,117,000 3.6%
Operation $1,589 $2,691,467,000 7.0%
Transportation $709 $1,201,390,000 3.1%
Other $722 $1,223,280,000 3.2%
Total Support $6,076 $10,289,004,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,887 $9,968,592,000 25.8%
Total Expenditures $22,782 $38,577,489,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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