Schools · Mount Joy

Mount Joy, PA schools

Kids attend Franklin Twp El Sch.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Mount Joy’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Mount Joy’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scoresBGraduation

Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 72%

Lower resultsHigher results

Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (1,589)Better than 67%

Towns in Adams County (21)Better than 62%

High confidence. Built on 2,352 tested students and a graduating class of 216; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Mount Joy kids go to school

Grades K–5

A-Franklin Twp El Sch 340 students · Cashtown Gettysburg Area School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades K–5, Gettysburg Area)46%

State average 37.1%

Math (Littlestown Area)35%

State average 37.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

93% graduate on time

Graduation rate

93%

PA: 87.5%

Graduating class

216

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Mount Joy

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Gettysburg Area School DistrictGrades K–12 · 5 schools · 2,782 students

$20,381 per studentPA $21,758A-🏫

Littlestown Area School DistrictGrades K–12 · 3 schools · 1,691 students

$17,653 per studentPA $21,758B

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Mount Joy

There’s no college in Mount Joy, but 15 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, 5.6 miles away.

United Lutheran SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Gettysburg5.6 mi196 students

Gettysburg CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Gettysburg5.7 mi2,216 students

Mount St. Mary's UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Emmitsburg10.9 mi2,170 students

McDaniel CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Westminster15.8 mi2,144 students

Carroll Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Westminster19.1 mi2,594 students

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoUniversity or college · Public · Mont Alto19.9 mi567 students Frederick Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Frederick25.2 mi5,665 students York College of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · York27 mi3,294 students Hood CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Frederick27.1 mi1,718 students Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college · Public · Shippensburg27.1 mi4,730 students

5 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Mount Joy. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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