Eastern Lebanon Co MS

As a medium-sized intermediate school in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, Eastern Lebanon Co MS hosts 556 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Eastern Lebanon County SD.

Eastern Lebanon Co MS is one of 5 schools operated by Eastern Lebanon County SD, a district that teaches 2,310 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eastern Lebanon Co MS logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lebanon County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eastern Lebanon Co MS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.4%; Eastern Lebanon Co MS posts 36.7%, -21.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, Lebanon County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,425, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Lebanon County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,804 students), of which Eastern Lebanon Co MS is one.

ELCO Intermd Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastern Lebanon Co MS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.4%.

Eastern Lebanon Co MS operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 592 students in 2018 compared to 556 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.