Ephrata Intermediate Sch

Ephrata Intermediate Sch is a 6-8 campus of mid-sized scale in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, run under Ephrata Area SD, teacheing 568 students in grades 5 through 6.

Within Ephrata Area SD, which oversees 7 schools and 3,904 students, Ephrata Intermediate Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Ephrata Intermediate Sch reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ephrata Intermediate Sch has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Ephrata Intermediate Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Ephrata Intermediate Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Lancaster County's 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), Ephrata Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ephrata MS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ephrata Intermediate Sch comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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