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Enrollment
844
Middle
DISTRICT 720 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL YORK SD·NCES 420549004544
Central York Middle School
1950 N Hills Rd, York, PA 17406 · (717) 846-6789 · York County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL844 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.0:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
393 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 404 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 438 | 52% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Central York Middle School→Central York High School
Based on grade levels within Central York SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 37.6% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Central York Middle School
Central York Middle School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central York Middle School this school | 844 | 46.6% | 49.1% |
| York Suburban Middle School York | 743 | 44.5% | 56.5% |
| Upper Moreland Middle School Hatboro | 830 | 43.9% | 54.2% |
| North Hills Elementary School York | 675 | 49.2% | 47.1% |
| Sinking Springs Elementary School York | 641 | 41.5% | 61.7% |
| Lower Macungie Middle School Macungie | 1,041 | 40.7% | 56.2% |
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 Central York Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #224 of 479 | #10 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #207 of 513 ▲ 31 | #10 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #212 of 513 ▼ 35 | #6 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 844 | #96 of 522 | #4 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #254 of 486 | #9 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #82 of 486 | #3 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #290 of 510 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #219 of 332 | #7 of 14 |
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
844
-86 (-9%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 844 | 64.8 | 13.0:1 | 47% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 859 | 68.2 | 12.6:1 | 46% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 64.8 | 13.6:1 | 45% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 930 | 67 | 13.9:1 | 32% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 916 | 63.7 | 14.4:1 | 33% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 930 | 57 | 16.3:1 | 34% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 905 | 61 | 14.8:1 | 20% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 1,091 | 57 | 19.1:1 | 17% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 47 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central York Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (916 to 844); teachers up 2% (63.7 to 64.8).
About Central York Middle School
Central York Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in York, Pennsylvania. The student body numbers 844 students, from grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594, so this school runs 42% larger than that.
Central York SD has 7 schools; together they serve 5,505 students.
Central York Middle School's enrollment is 59% White. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In York County overall, about 81% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Central York Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Central York Middle School employs 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Central York Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%.
The allk12 Grade for Central York Middle School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Central York Middle School is 8.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Within York County, median household income is about $84,829, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 111 public schools in York County, with a combined enrollment of about 64,242.
Of nearby public schools, North Hills Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Central York Middle School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 930 in 2020-21 and 844 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease.
Discussions about Central York Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central York SD
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- North Hills Elementary SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Sinking Springs Elementary SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Roundtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Hayshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Nearby schools
- North Hills Elementary School0.5 mi · 675
- Pennwood Cyber CS1.3 mi · 493
- Davis School1.6 mi · 530
- Central York High School1.8 mi · 1,756
- Yorkshire Elementary School1.9 mi · 317
- Goode School1.9 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Central York Middle SchoolHow many students attend Central York Middle School?
Central York Middle School enrolls approximately 844 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Central York Middle School serve?
Central York Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Central York Middle School have?
Central York Middle School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Central York Middle School?
Student demographics at Central York Middle School are roughly 59% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Central York Middle School?
Central York Middle School is overseen by Central York SD in York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.