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Schools in Blue Ball

Blue Ball’s public schools

Eastern Lancaster County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blue Ball. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/5schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 94% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.5K
▲ 4% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.8
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,568 students on the public path
In brief

Blue Ball’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Blue Ball’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Garden Spot SHS places highest (better than 71%); Garden Spot MS lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Blue Ball, graded from C to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Garden Spot SHS. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Blue Ball, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–63 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
7–8Garden Spot MSin New HollandC
9–12Garden Spot SHSin New HollandB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Eastern Lancaster County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Eastern Lancaster County School DistrictGrades K–12 · 5 schools · 2,568 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$22,544PA $21,758 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading51%
State average 55.1% · 1358 students tested
Math32%
State average 36.1% · 1319 students tested

Blue Ball vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Blue Ball’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Blue Ball—Eastern Lancaster County
EarlC+Eastern Lancaster County
East EarlC+Eastern Lancaster County

All 2 neighbors share Eastern Lancaster County with Blue Ball, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Blue Ball

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Blue Ballin other towns
New Holland Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–6 · New Holland
B−
484 students11:1Rate it →
Brecknock El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Denver
C
441 students12:1Rate it →
Blue Ball El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6 · East Earl
C+
374 students10:1Rate it →
Garden Spot MS
Middle · Grades 7–8 · New Holland
C
404 students11:1Rate it →
Garden Spot SHS
High · Grades 9–12 · New Holland
B+
865 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Blue Ball’s schools

Are Blue Ball’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Blue Ball. Eastern Lancaster County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blue Ball. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Blue Ball in?

Eastern Lancaster County School District.

Where do Blue Ball kids go to high school?

Garden Spot SHS.

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What Blue Ball families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.