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Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch
Located at 94 Beck Rd, in York, Pennsylvania, Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch is a large middle-grades school that hosts 1,519 students (grades 4 through 6), operated by Dallastown Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch sits 156% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 8 schools in Dallastown Area SD (6,332 students total), Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder consists of 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.
In terms of school funding signals, Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch records 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below York County's rate of about 53%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.2%; this one delivers 59.6%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for York County indicate median household income runs about $84,829, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, York County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students), of which Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch is one.
Loganville-Springfield El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 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), Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.6%.
Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.
Over the past 7-year window. Dallastown Area Intermediate Sch's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,512 (now 1,519). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 78% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.
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