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What's the most underrated thing about Dallastown Area MS that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,014
Middle
DISTRICT 1,267 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLASTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420723006598
Dallastown Area Middle School
700 New School Ln, Dallastown, PA 17313 · (717) 244-4021 · York County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,014 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.8:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
416 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 7 | 478 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 531 | 52% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Dallastown Area Middle School→Dallastown Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dallastown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
42.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 39.0% |
% 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Dallastown Area Middle School
Dallastown Area Middle School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallastown Area Middle School this school | 1,014 | 41.0% | 48.6% |
| Daniel Boone Area Middle School Douglassville | 884 | 44.8% | 48.8% |
| Emory H Markle Middle School Hanover | 1,046 | 37.5% | 41.6% |
| Mechanicsburg Middle School Mechanicsburg | 1,112 | 39.7% | 50.5% |
| Dallastown Area Intermediate School York | 1,519 | 38.2% | 59.6% |
| Northley Middle School Aston | 748 | 35.4% | 46.0% |
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 Dallastown Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #234 of 479 | #12 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #185 of 513 ▲ 32 | #8 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #245 of 513 ▲ 7 | #9 of 22 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,014 | #51 of 522 | #3 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #395 of 486 | #14 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #202 of 486 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #332 of 510 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #301 of 332 | #11 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
1,014
-91 (-8%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 1,016
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,014 | 68.4 | 14.8:1 | 41% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 1,041 | 65.4 | 15.9:1 | 40% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 1,027 | 65.4 | 15.7:1 | 34% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 1,105 | 65 | 17.0:1 | 32% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 1,036 | 60.6 | 17.1:1 | 31% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 986 | 69 | 14.3:1 | 32% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 921 | 70 | 13.2:1 | 21% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 1,258 | 81 | 15.5:1 | 10% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 1,016 | 72 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dallastown Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,036 to 1,014); teachers up 13% (60.6 to 68.4).
About Dallastown Area Middle School
Dallastown Area Middle School is a large middle school with its address in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 1,014 students. The school's enrollment is 71% bigger than the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Dallastown Area SD counts 8 schools and 6,332 students, including Dallastown Area Middle School.
Dallastown Area Middle School's enrollment is 73% White. Enrollment also includes 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Dallastown Area Middle School has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 68.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.8:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Around 41% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in York County is 12 points.
allk12 grades Dallastown Area Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.0% at Dallastown Area Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.6%.
Among York County residents, median household income is about $84,829, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Dallastown Area Middle School is one of 111 public schools in York County, which together enroll about 64,242 students.
The shortest distance from Dallastown Area Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Dallastown Area SHS. The five-mile area around Dallastown Area Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Dallastown Area Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,105 to 1,014. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.0:1 to 14.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Dallastown Area Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Dallastown Area SD
- Dallastown Area SHSHigh · 2,046 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- Ore Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Loganville-Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- York Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Dallastown Elementary SchoolElementary · 181 students
Other schools in Dallastown
- Dallastown Area SHSHigh · 2,046 students
- Dallastown Elementary SchoolElementary · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Dallastown Area SHS0.0 mi · 2,046
- Dallastown Elementary School0.5 mi · 181
- York Twp Elementary School2.2 mi · 415
- Red Lion Area Junior High School2.3 mi · 747
- Mazie Gable Elementary School2.4 mi · 481
- Red Lion Area SHS2.5 mi · 1,363
Frequently asked questions
About Dallastown Area Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dallastown Area Middle School?
Dallastown Area Middle School enrolls approximately 1,014 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Dallastown Area Middle School serve?
Dallastown Area Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dallastown Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dallastown Area Middle School is approximately 14.8:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dallastown Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Dallastown Area Middle School are roughly 73% White, 9% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Dallastown Area Middle School in?
Dallastown Area Middle School is part of Dallastown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.