Centerville MS

Centerville MS is a middle school of medium-sized scale in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Hempfield SD, instructing 559 students in grades 7 through 8.

Within Hempfield SD, which oversees 10 schools and 6,884 students, Centerville MS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Centerville MS reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lancaster County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Centerville MS ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.0%; Centerville MS posts 57.4%, +22.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate median household income runs about $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Centerville MS is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: Centerville El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Centerville MS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Centerville MS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 72% to 65%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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