Schools in Hempfield SD · Lancaster County

About schools in Lancaster County

With 17 public school districts and 106 ranked schools, Lancaster County offers families an unusually broad field to navigate. That scale spans everything from the urban Lancaster city schools to small rural districts tucked into Pennsylvania Dutch farm country near Quarryville and beyond. Nearly a quarter of schools rank in the top quartile statewide, with standouts like Reidenbaugh Elementary in Lititz and Letort Elementary in Washington Boro both cracking the 92nd percentile. Lampeter-Strasburg Senior High rounds out a strong set of upper-tier performers. The county rewards families willing to look beyond the obvious — district boundaries here can make a significant difference in outcomes.