Emory H Markle MS

Set in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Emory H Markle MS is a sizable intermediate school, part of South Western SD. It educates 1,046 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 76% larger than the state mean of about 594.

Emory H Markle MS is one of 6 schools operated by South Western SD, a district that educates 4,378 students overall.

Demographically, Emory H Markle MS logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with York County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 37% of students at Emory H Markle MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, York County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Emory H Markle MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.5%; actual is 41.6%, a gap of -19.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (York County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $84,829 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Emory H Markle MS is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Western SHS, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Emory H Markle MS at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Emory H Markle MS operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Emory H Markle MS's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,003 (now 1,046). White enrollment moved from 87% to 79% across the same window.

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