Dallastown Area MS

Located at 700 New School Ln, in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, Dallastown Area MS is a high-enrollment middle school that works with 1,014 students (grades 7 through 8), run under Dallastown Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Dallastown Area MS sits 71% larger than that benchmark.

Dallastown Area SD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 6,332 students; Dallastown Area MS is among them.

Demographically, Dallastown Area MS lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, The school reports having 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against York County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dallastown Area MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.6%.

Across the wider county, York County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,829, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Dallastown Area MS is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

Dallastown Area SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 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 MS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.4%.

Dallastown Area MS operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Dallastown Area MS's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,036 (now 1,014). Over the same period, the White share fell from 79% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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