Cocalico MS

Set in Denver, Pennsylvania, Cocalico MS is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school, one of the schools within Cocalico SD. It caters to 617 students across grades 6 through 8.

Cocalico MS is one of 5 schools operated by Cocalico SD, a district that enrolls 2,852 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Cocalico MS lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cocalico MS has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Cocalico MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lancaster County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cocalico MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Lancaster County shows median household earnings sit near $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Cocalico MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Denver El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cocalico MS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 62.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cocalico MS has fell 15%, going from 730 students in 2018 to 617 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 87% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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