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Enrollment
530
Middle
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTOURSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421575005343
C E McCall MS
600 Willow St, Montoursville, PA 17754 · (570) 368-2441 · Lycoming County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
194 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
C E McCall MS→Montoursville Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Montoursville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
530
-137 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 18.2:1
% White
92%
was 92%
% Hispanic
3%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About C E McCall MS
Located at 600 Willow St, in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, C E McCall MS is a moderately sized intermediate school that caters to 530 students (grades 5 through 8), part of Montoursville Area SD.
Montoursville Area SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,679 students. C E McCall MS is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, C E McCall MS reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lycoming County as a whole.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at C E McCall MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lycoming County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, C E McCall MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 50.2%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lycoming County put median household earnings sit near $63,917, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lycoming County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,288 students), of which C E McCall MS is one.
Lyter El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around C E McCall MS. On composite proficiency, C E McCall MS comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Five-year trend. C E McCall MS's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 667 (now 530). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montoursville Area SD
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- Lyter El SchElementary · 382 students
- Loyalsock Valley El SchElementary · 197 students
Other schools in Montoursville
- Donald E. Schick SchElementary · 721 students
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- Lyter El SchElementary · 382 students
- Loyalsock Valley El SchElementary · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Lyter El Sch0.5 mi · 382
- Montoursville Area SHS0.8 mi · 570
- Donald E. Schick Sch2.2 mi · 721
- Loyalsock Twp MS3.2 mi · 353
- Loyalsock Twp SHS3.2 mi · 436
- Loyalsock Valley El Sch4.1 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About C E McCall MSHow many students attend C E McCall MS?
C E McCall MS enrolls approximately 530 students in grades 05-08.
Is C E McCall MS an elementary, middle, or high school?
C E McCall MS is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does C E McCall MS have?
C E McCall MS employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at C E McCall MS?
At C E McCall MS, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees C E McCall MS?
C E McCall MS is overseen by Montoursville Area SD in Lycoming County.
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