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Enrollment
851
Middle
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONESTOGA VALLEY SD·NCES 420648002531
Gerald G Huesken Middle School
2114 Horseshoe Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601 · (717) 397-1294 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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.
- C+Beats 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
11.7:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
471 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 267 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 304 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 280 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Gerald G Huesken Middle School→Conestoga Valley SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Conestoga Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 37.7% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Gerald G Huesken Middle School
Gerald G Huesken Middle School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald G Huesken Middle School this school | 851 | 55.3% | 46.0% |
| East Hills Middle School Bethlehem | 966 | 52.7% | 36.2% |
| North Hills Elementary School York | 675 | 49.2% | 47.1% |
| Central York Middle School York | 844 | 46.6% | 49.1% |
| West York Area Middle School York | 645 | 55.5% | 34.6% |
| Nitschmann Middle School Bethlehem | 731 | 48.8% | 42.5% |
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 Gerald G Huesken Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #269 of 479 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #234 of 513 no change | #13 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #260 of 513 ▲ 52 | #12 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #92 of 522 | #3 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #117 of 486 | #13 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #59 of 486 | #4 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #218 of 510 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.7% | #16 of 131 | #2 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
851
+204 (+32%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 851 | 72.7 | 11.7:1 | 55% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 898 | 68.7 | 13.1:1 | 52% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 965 | 66.8 | 14.4:1 | 50% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 49 | 13.2:1 | 38% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 48.1 | 13.6:1 | 36% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 36% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 17% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 33 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gerald G Huesken Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (656 to 851); teachers up 51% (48.1 to 72.7).
About Gerald G Huesken Middle School
Among the schools in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is Gerald G Huesken Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 851 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
Conestoga Valley SD serves 3,830 students across 6 schools.
More than half of the students at Gerald G Huesken Middle School are White (54%). The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Lancaster County overall, about 82% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
There are 72.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Gerald G Huesken Middle School, giving a ratio of 11.7:1. The school's 11.7:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. By family income, 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lancaster County average a similar 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Gerald G Huesken Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.9% for Gerald G Huesken Middle School. The school posts 46.0%, 7.8 points below the prediction.
In Lancaster County, home to about 557,931 people, median household income comes to about $86,959, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 114 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,719, Gerald G Huesken Middle School among them.
Gerald G Huesken Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Conestoga Valley SHS, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.2% on proficiency, and Gerald G Huesken Middle School is above that at 46.0%.
In the federal locale system, Gerald G Huesken Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 32% gain, from 647 to 851. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Conestoga Valley SD
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Fritz Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Smoketown Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Brownstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Leola Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Conestoga Valley SHS0.3 mi · 1,304
- Smoketown Elementary School0.4 mi · 470
- Leola Elementary School0.8 mi · 287
- Fritz Elementary School2.4 mi · 526
- Burrowes Elementary School3.5 mi · 308
- Lampeter-Strasburg Early Childhood Center3.5 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolHow many students attend Gerald G Huesken Middle School?
Gerald G Huesken Middle School enrolls approximately 851 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gerald G Huesken Middle School serve?
Gerald G Huesken Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gerald G Huesken Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gerald G Huesken Middle School is approximately 11.7:1 (73 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gerald G Huesken Middle School?
At Gerald G Huesken Middle School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Gerald G Huesken Middle School public or private?
Gerald G Huesken Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Conestoga Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.