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What's the most underrated thing about Elizabethtown Area MS that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
827
Middle
DISTRICT 705 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETHTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420912006862
Elizabethtown Area Middle School
600 E High St, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 · (717) 361-7525 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL827 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.5:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
340 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 6 | 270 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 268 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 35% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Elizabethtown Area Middle School→Elizabethtown Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Elizabethtown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.4pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 46.7% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 Elizabethtown Area Middle School
Elizabethtown Area Middle School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown Area Middle School this school | 827 | 41.1% | 55.9% |
| Boyertown Area MS-West Boyertown | 668 | 39.8% | 51.6% |
| Manheim Central Middle School Manheim | 846 | 38.3% | 46.1% |
| Greencastle-Antrim Middle School Greencastle | 729 | 37.0% | 56.5% |
| Daniel Boone Area Middle School Douglassville | 884 | 44.8% | 48.8% |
| Strayer Middle School Quakertown | 737 | 37.3% | 40.6% |
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 Elizabethtown Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #144 of 479 | #10 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #116 of 513 ▲ 25 | #5 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #187 of 513 ▼ 45 | #11 of 26 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 827 | #107 of 522 | #5 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #292 of 486 | #19 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #300 of 486 | #23 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #330 of 510 | #17 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.4% | #11 of 131 | #1 of 7 |
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
827
+187 (+29%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 827 | 61.2 | 13.5:1 | 41% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 843 | 58.2 | 14.5:1 | 40% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 875 | 60.9 | 14.4:1 | 40% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 32% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 44.4 | 13.9:1 | 30% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 29% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 879 | 65 | 13.5:1 | 18% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 973 | 55 | 17.7:1 | 10% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 46 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabethtown Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (620 to 827); teachers up 38% (44.4 to 61.2).
About Elizabethtown Area Middle School
Elizabethtown Area Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Elizabethtown Area SD, located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The school serves 827 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 594 students; this school is 39% bigger than that.
Elizabethtown Area SD has 3,525 students in 5 schools, and Elizabethtown Area Middle School is one of those schools.
About 82% of the student body at Elizabethtown Area Middle School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. The White share in Lancaster County as a whole is similar, at about 82%. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Elizabethtown Area Middle School and a ratio of 13.5:1. That matches the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 41% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Lancaster County average 55%.
allk12 grades Elizabethtown Area Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Elizabethtown Area Middle School is 4.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Federal survey data for Lancaster County show that the median household income is $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 114 public schools in Lancaster County, enrolling about 62,719 students in all.
The closest public school to Elizabethtown Area Middle School is Elizabethtown Area SHS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Elizabethtown Area Middle School is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
Elizabethtown Area Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Elizabethtown Area Middle School climbed 29% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 640 to 827 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.6:1 to 13.5:1 over the same years.
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elizabethtown Area SD
- Elizabethtown Area SHSHigh · 1,263 students
- Bear Creek SchoolElementary · 750 students
- East High Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Bainbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 219 students
Other schools in Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown Area SHSHigh · 1,263 students
- Bear Creek SchoolElementary · 750 students
- East High Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Conewago Elementary SchoolElementary · 239 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabethtown Area SHS0.0 mi · 1,263
- East High Street Elementary School0.4 mi · 466
- Bear Creek School0.8 mi · 750
- Conewago Elementary School4.9 mi · 239
- Londonderry Elementary School5.1 mi · 234
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Mt Joy5.3 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabethtown Area Middle SchoolHow large is Elizabethtown Area Middle School?
Elizabethtown Area Middle School enrolls approximately 827 students in grades 06-08.
Is Elizabethtown Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elizabethtown Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Elizabethtown Area Middle School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Elizabethtown Area Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elizabethtown Area Middle School?
At Elizabethtown Area Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Elizabethtown Area Middle School in?
Elizabethtown Area Middle School is part of Elizabethtown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.