Greencastle-Antrim MS

As a mid-tier intermediate school in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, Greencastle-Antrim MS caters to 729 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Greencastle-Antrim SD. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Greencastle-Antrim SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,911 students. Greencastle-Antrim MS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Greencastle-Antrim MS shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. Compared to Franklin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Franklin County (around 69%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Greencastle-Antrim MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.5%.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $77,003, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students), of which Greencastle-Antrim MS is one.

The closest other public school is Greencastle-Antrim SHS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greencastle-Antrim MS comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Greencastle-Antrim MS's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 722 (now 729). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 90% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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