The Central York School District is a large, suburban, public school district that encompasses 24 square miles (62 km2). Central York School District serves: the Borough of North York and Manchester Township and the greater part of Springettsbury Township in York County, Pennsylvania. According to 2010 federal census data it serves a resident population of 40,000 people. The educational attainment levels for the Central York School District community population (25 years old and over) were 89.7% high school graduates and 29.7% college graduates.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 31.3% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $24,557 a year, while the median family income was $59,079. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In York County, the median household income was $57,494. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.

Per District officials, in school year 2007–08, the Central York School District provided basic educational services to 5,500 pupils through the employment of 405 teachers, 285 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 30 administrators. Central York School District received more than $12.9 million in state funding in school year 2007–08. The district provided basic educational services to 5,567 pupils in 2011–12. Central York School District employed: 399 teachers, 294 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 32 administrators during the 2011–12 school year. The district received $14.4 million in state funding in the 2011–12 school year.

Central York School District operates seven schools: Central York High School (9th–12th), Central York Middle School (7th–8th), Hayshire Elementary School (K–3rd), North Hills Elementary School (4th–6th), Roundtown Elementary School (K–3rd), Sinking Springs Elementary School (4th–6th) and Stony Brook Elementary School (K–3rd).

The school district received national attention for banning a number of anti-racism books from the curriculum and from school libraries in 2020, including books by and about Rosa Parks and Malala Yousafzai. The ban was reversed in September 2021 after protests by community members.