Danville Area MS

Set in Danville, Pennsylvania, Danville Area MS is a moderately sized junior high, one of the schools within Danville Area SD. It caters to 518 students across grades 6 through 8.

Danville Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,133 students; Danville Area MS is among them.

On demographics, Danville Area MS shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Danville Area MS has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Danville Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of -7.8 points.

In the area at large, Montour County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,976 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montour County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,221 students), Danville Area MS is one campus in the mix.

Danville Area SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Danville Area MS comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Danville Area MS's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 518).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.