Hempfield School District

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Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Hempfield School District is in green at the left (west) side of the map.
Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Hempfield School District is in green at the left (west) side of the map.
2006 SAT: average scores
Lancaster County schools
School District Reading Math Writing Total
Cocalico 473 489 467 1429
Columbia Borough 445 435 419 1299
Conestoga Valley 505 513 501 1519
Donegal 511 531 490 1532
Eastern Lancaster County 506 521 494 1521
Elizabethtown Area 501 520 490 1511
Ephrata Area 488 498 472 1458
Hempfield 522 565 505 1592
Lampeter-Strasburg 522 527 501 1550
Lancaster 449 448 448 1316
Manheim Central 503 520 491 1517
Manheim Township 547 565 535 1647
Penn Manor 492 513 474 1479
Pequea Valley 505 508 481 1494
Solanco 506 516 482 1504
Warwick 527 527 509 1563
County average 500 512 484 1496
Pennsylvania average 493 500 483 1476
U.S. average 503 518 497 1518
Possible on each test: 800 points
Source: "Blame it on fried brains",
September 21, 2006 Lancaster New Era

The Hempfield School District is a school district of 7218 students educated in 10 schools by 420 teachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13. Hempfield school has many different extra curricular activities such as but not limiting to; Football, Track and Field, Cheerleading,Swimming, Dance and Arts.

The majority of students are white. There are 24 native students, 193 Asian students, and 193 black students, with 410 students of all races considering themselves hispanic or latino.[1]

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[edit] Scholastic Performance

Attendance at Landisville Primary Center in Landisville, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.50%, essentially the same as the 96.89% scored in the prior year. Students were 93.7% proficient in math, 90.50% proficient in reading.[2]

Attendance at Centerville Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.68%, essentially the same as the 96.43% scored in the prior year. Students were 88.4% proficient in math, 84.6% proficient in reading.[3]

Attendance at East Petersburg Elementary School in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.66%, essentially the same as the 96.67% scored in the prior year. Students were 79.4% proficient in math, 74.0% proficient in reading.[4]

Attendance at Farmdale Elementary School in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.66%, essentially the same as the 96.73% scored in the prior year. Students were 74.8% proficient in math, 82.0% proficient in reading.[5]

Attendance at Mountville Elementary School in Mountville, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.62%, essentially the same as the 96.61% scored in the prior year. Students were 77.4% proficient in math, 76.5% proficient in reading.[6]

Attendance at Rohrerstown Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.07%, essentially the same as the 96.53% scored in the prior year. Students were 86.0% proficient in math, 83.0% proficient in reading.[7]

Attendance at Landisville Intermediate School in Landisville, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.90%, essentially the same as the 97.04% scored in the prior year. Students were 73.2% proficient in math, 79.9% proficient in reading.[8]

Attendance at Centerville Middle School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 95.37%, essentially the same as the 95.50% scored in the prior year. Students were 80.4% proficient in math, 83.5% proficient in reading.[9]

Attendance at Landisville Middle School in Landisville, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.90%, essentially the same as the 97.04% scored in the prior year. Students were 83.8% proficient in math, 83.6% proficient in reading.[10]

Attendance at Hempfield High School in Landisville, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 92.07%, essentially the same as the 92.01% scored in the prior year. Students were 74.7% proficient in math, 76.6% proficient in reading.[11]

[edit] Failing schools

Of the 117 schools in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Hempfield High School was one of only 13 schools that failed to reach all their Adequate Yearly Progress goals. The Special Education-IEP (Individual Educational Plan) students at HHS only achieved a reading proficiency of 32.8%. Those students had a math proficiency of 36.0% which was adequate to meet their goal.

[edit] Comparison to other Lancaster County school districts

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
2005-2006 PSSA proficiency levels for Lancaster County schools
School District 3-5 Reading 3-5 Math 6-8 Reading 6-8 Math 9-12 Reading 9-12 Math
Cocalico[1] 67.7% 83.3% 82.7% 79.7% 63.4% 51.7%
Columbia Borough[2] 64.0% 71.1% 66.1% 56.9% 47.7% 25.2%
Conestoga Valley[3] 71.3% 82.1% 76.9% 75.5% 75.7% 68.0%
Donegal[4] 63.0% 69.2% 70.0% 62.1% 70.7% 57.2%
Eastern Lancaster County[5] 69.6% 84.0% 84.2% 78.8% 73.6% 58.4%
Elizabethtown Area[6] 70.6% 81.4% 80.9% 76.9% 72.1% 64.4%
Ephrata Area[7] 67.7% 82.8% 81.1% 71.0% 61.4% 65.0%
Hempfield[8] 80.3% 80.0% 81.3% 79.7% 75.7% 73.4%
Lampeter-Strasburg[9] 83.6% 83.0% 90.0% 84.2% 78.6% 70.1%
Lancaster[10] 45.6% 59.8% 46.5% 42.4% 41.5% 31.2%
Manheim Central[11] 72.1% 79.1% 77.9% 66.8% 74.2% 62.3%
Manheim Township[12] 80.1% 86.9% 90.4% 82.6% 82.7% 76.1%
Penn Manor[13] 70.8% 82.0% 78.3% 73.5% 78.1% 71.0%
Pequea Valley[14] 73.8% 83.9% 68.0% 70.1% 72.8% 56.5%
Solanco[15] 77.7% 83.9% 80.5% 75.1% 73.1% 54.6%
Warwick[16] 71.4% 83.0% 77.5% 75.1% 76.1% 62.5%
In some cases, 2 (or even 3) years were aggregated by Pennsylvania Department of Education

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hempfield School District statistics
  2. ^ Landisville Primary Center
  3. ^ Centerville Elementary
  4. ^ East Petersburg Elementary
  5. ^ Farmdale Elementary
  6. ^ Mountville Elementary
  7. ^ Rohrerstown Elementary
  8. ^ Landisville Intermediate
  9. ^ Centerville Middle School
  10. ^ Landisville Middle School
  11. ^ Hempfield Senior High School