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What's the one class at Eastern Lebanon Co MS every student should take?
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Enrollment
556
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTERN LEBANON COUNTY SD·NCES 420846006612
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School
60 Evergreen Dr, Myerstown, PA 17067 · (717) 866-6591 · Lebanon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
249 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 6 | 198 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 35% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School→Eastern Lebanon Co SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Eastern Lebanon County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
22.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 21.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School this school | 556 | 44.8% | 36.7% |
| Valley View Middle School Archbald | 565 | 44.4% | 39.1% |
| Susquenita Middle School Duncannon | 562 | 43.2% | 39.8% |
| Bermudian Springs Middle School York Springs | 539 | 44.0% | 46.3% |
| Crossroads Middle School Lewisberry | 541 | 40.3% | 50.2% |
| Dingman-Delaware Middle School Dingmans Ferry | 532 | 48.1% | 52.7% |
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 Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lebanon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #374 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #400 of 513 ▲ 12 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #344 of 513 ▲ 13 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #263 of 522 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #219 of 486 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #326 of 486 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #305 of 510 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #245 of 332 | N/A |
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
556
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 556 | 43.8 | 12.7:1 | 45% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 42.8 | 13.0:1 | 45% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 45% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 45% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 36.4 | 16.3:1 | 37% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 36% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 23% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 32 | 17.5:1 | 14% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 33 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (592 to 556); teachers up 20% (36.4 to 43.8).
About Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with its address in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 556 students on the rolls.
Eastern Lebanon County SD has 2,310 students in 5 schools, and Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School is one of those schools.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Lebanon County residents, the White share is about 81%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
On staff are 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. That is in line with the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 45%. For comparison, public schools in Lebanon County average 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 36.7%. Predicted: 58.4%. Difference: 21.8 points.
For the population of Lebanon County, median household income comes to about $78,425, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Lebanon County's 37 public schools enroll about 18,804 students and include Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, ELCO Intermd School, is the closest to Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 50.4%, higher than Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School's 36.7%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 556 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 585. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.3:1 to 12.7:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lebanon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
144,186
Census ACS
Median income
$78,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,804 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eastern Lebanon County SD
- Eastern Lebanon Co SHSHigh · 773 students
- ELCO Intermd SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Fort Zeller Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 203 students
Other schools in Myerstown
- Eastern Lebanon Co SHSHigh · 773 students
- ELCO Intermd SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 203 students
Nearby schools
- ELCO Intermd School0.2 mi · 505
- Eastern Lebanon Co SHS0.3 mi · 773
- Jackson Elementary School2.9 mi · 203
- Fort Zeller Elementary School3.1 mi · 273
- South Lebanon Elementary School4.4 mi · 554
- Union Canal Elementary School4.9 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern Lebanon Co Middle SchoolHow many students attend Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School?
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School enrolls approximately 556 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School serve?
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School.
How diverse is Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School?
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School reports a student body of 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School?
Eastern Lebanon Co Middle School is overseen by Eastern Lebanon County SD in Lebanon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.