The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Science. The lowest is 22% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Mazie Gable El Sch
Mazie Gable Elementary is a neighborhood school serving kindergarten through grade six in Red Lion, a compact borough in south-central York County with a historic downtown and active new-home construction on its edges. The school enrolls a student body that is majority white, with a substantial share identifying as Hispanic or multiracial; more than three-quarters of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic need in the school's catchment.
On state assessments, the school's results are mixed. In science, students showed strength, with a clear majority meeting or exceeding proficiency. In English language arts and mathematics, proficiency rates run considerably lower; in math, roughly one in five students met the proficiency benchmark, and in reading, the rate was closer to one in three. When positioned against other elementary schools across York County districts, Mazie Gable's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom tier. A parent may want to look into whether the school has identified specific areas for instructional focus and what interventions are underway to boost performance in mathematics and literacy, particularly given the economic challenges many of its students face.
Red Lion Area School District, the school's parent system, operates across four municipalities: Brogue, Red Lion, Windsor, and York. The district has made policy choices that families should know about. In December 2022, after an emergency vote, the board adopted a requirement that students use bathrooms, locker rooms, and participate in sports teams consistent with their sex assigned at birth, with a gender-neutral bathroom as the only alternative. The board moved to make this permanent in spring 2023. This is a lasting cultural and operational stance that will shape the experience of transgender or gender-nonconforming students and families.
Budget pressures are also present. The 2023-24 budget proposal included a meaningful potential property tax increase, and board scrutiny revealed that the district was paying a substantial sum annually for largely unfilled seats at an alternative school, signaling ongoing fiscal strain.
The Red Lion housing market is active. New construction communities including Kensington and Walnut Creek are adding homesites on the borough's edges and in surrounding townships. Median home prices are in the low-to-mid five figures, with modest year-over-year appreciation. Rental prices show stability. The borough itself is walkable, with a compact downtown of brick storefronts along Main Street and Broadway, tree-lined residential blocks, and civic anchors including Fairmount Park and the Kaltreider-Benfer Library, renovated in 2023. Employment centers include General Dynamics, manufacturing operations, the school district, and retail; commuters can reach York, about eight miles away, though the borough lacks direct public transit and Harrisburg International Airport is roughly 35 miles north.
This school serves a working and lower-income community with acute academic gaps in reading and mathematics. If your child learns well in a direct instruction environment and you are comfortable with the district's published stance on gender and facility access, it may be a fit. If your child benefits from remedial reading support or struggles with abstract math, ask the school specifically what reading intervention and math support structures are in place and what those services look like in practice.
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