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Enrollment
539
Middle
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERMUDIAN SPRINGS SD·NCES 420345006921
Bermudian Springs Middle School
7335 Carlisle Pike, York Springs, PA 17372 · (717) 528-4113 · Adams County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
237 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 125 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 133 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 28% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bermudian Springs Middle School→Bermudian Springs High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bermudian Springs SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 36.4% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bermudian Springs Middle School
Bermudian Springs Middle School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bermudian Springs Middle School this school | 539 | 44.0% | 46.3% |
| Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School Myerstown | 556 | 44.8% | 36.7% |
| New Oxford Middle School New Oxford | 567 | 49.2% | 51.5% |
| Dingman-Delaware Middle School Dingmans Ferry | 532 | 48.1% | 52.7% |
| Delaware Valley Middle School Milford | 466 | 43.6% | 53.2% |
| Valley View Middle School Archbald | 565 | 44.4% | 39.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bermudian Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #265 of 479 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #233 of 513 ▲ 18 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #299 of 513 ▼ 10 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #275 of 522 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #314 of 486 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #294 of 486 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #311 of 510 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #108 of 332 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
539
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 539 | 39.2 | 13.8:1 | 44% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 44.3 | 13.1:1 | 41% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 44.3 | 12.4:1 | 38% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 44% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 45.4 | 13.9:1 | 39% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 36% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 29% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 21% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bermudian Springs Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (631 to 539); teachers down 14% (45.4 to 39.2).
About Bermudian Springs Middle School
Bermudian Springs Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Bermudian Springs SD, located in York Springs, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 539 students, in grades 5 through 8.
Bermudian Springs Middle School is one school in Bermudian Springs SD, a system of 3 schools with 1,702 students.
White students account for 79% of enrollment at Bermudian Springs Middle School. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 9 points below the 89% share among Adams County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Bermudian Springs Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
The teaching staff at Bermudian Springs Middle School is 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.8:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.2:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 44%.
Bermudian Springs Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bermudian Springs Middle School is -12.5 points: 46.3% actual, 58.8% predicted.
Census estimates describe Adams County this way: median household income is about $84,092, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Adams County number 26 and enroll about 12,831.
Nearest public school: Bermudian Springs High School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bermudian Springs Middle School ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 554 to 539.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bermudian Springs Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,115
Census ACS
Median income
$84,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bermudian Springs SD
- Bermudian Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Bermudian Springs High SchoolHigh · 576 students
Other schools in York Springs
- Bermudian Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Bermudian Springs High SchoolHigh · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Bermudian Springs High School0.1 mi · 576
- Bermudian Springs Elementary School0.2 mi · 587
- Conewago Valley Intrmd School7.4 mi · 842
- New Oxford Middle School7.8 mi · 567
- New Oxford SHS7.8 mi · 1,229
- South Mountain Elementary School8.0 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Bermudian Springs Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bermudian Springs Middle School?
Bermudian Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Bermudian Springs Middle School serve?
Bermudian Springs Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Bermudian Springs Middle School have?
Bermudian Springs Middle School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Bermudian Springs Middle School?
Student demographics at Bermudian Springs Middle School are roughly 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bermudian Springs Middle School public or private?
Bermudian Springs Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bermudian Springs SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.