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What's the most underrated thing about Greencastle-Antrim MS that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
729
Middle
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENCASTLE-ANTRIM SD·NCES 421101005117
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School
370 South Ridge Ave, Greencastle, PA 17225 · (717) 597-3226 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- B-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
15.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
270 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 251 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 33% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School→Greencastle-Antrim SHS
Based on grade levels within Greencastle-Antrim SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.6pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 45.0% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Greencastle-Antrim Middle School
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greencastle-Antrim Middle School this school | 729 | 37.0% | 56.5% |
| Highland Middle School Beaver Falls | 698 | 36.1% | 43.8% |
| North Pocono Middle School Moscow | 685 | 35.9% | 55.0% |
| Boyertown Area MS-West Boyertown | 668 | 39.8% | 51.6% |
| Upper Perkiomen Middle School Pennsburg | 672 | 35.0% | 52.8% |
| Shaler Area Elementary School Glenshaw | 870 | 37.1% | 58.6% |
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 Greencastle-Antrim Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #136 of 479 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #174 of 513 ▼ 17 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #156 of 513 ▼ 78 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #159 of 522 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #423 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #347 of 486 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #363 of 510 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #121 of 131 | N/A |
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
729
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 729 | 47.3 | 15.4:1 | 37% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 48.4 | 13.9:1 | 40% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 44.6 | 15.4:1 | 37% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | 43 | 17.8:1 | 33% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 41.3 | 17.5:1 | 27% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 30% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 38 | 19.2:1 | 19% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 15% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 35 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greencastle-Antrim Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (722 to 729); teachers up 15% (41.3 to 47.3).
About Greencastle-Antrim Middle School
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school that serves part of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. The school's 729 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 23% higher than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 594.
Greencastle-Antrim SD has a total of 4 schools and 2,911 students, Greencastle-Antrim Middle School among them.
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School enrolls a student body that is 86% White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. For comparison, Franklin County is about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Greencastle-Antrim Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
Teachers at the school number 47.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.4:1. Among middle schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Franklin County is 69%.
allk12 grades Greencastle-Antrim Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School scores 56.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.7%.
Across Franklin County, median household income is about $77,003, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Greencastle-Antrim Middle School is among the 41 public schools in Franklin County.
The nearest other public school, Greencastle-Antrim SHS, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Greencastle-Antrim Middle School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Greencastle-Antrim Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students declined from 765 to 729 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 17.8:1 to 15.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
157,379
Census ACS
Median income
$77,003
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
21,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greencastle-Antrim SD
- Greencastle-Antrim SHSHigh · 982 students
- Greencastle-Antrim Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Greencastle-Antrim Primary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Other schools in Greencastle
- Greencastle-Antrim SHSHigh · 982 students
- Greencastle-Antrim Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Greencastle-Antrim Primary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Greencastle-Antrim SHS0.1 mi · 982
- Greencastle-Antrim Primary School0.2 mi · 529
- Greencastle-Antrim Elementary School0.3 mi · 671
- Marion Elementary School5.4 mi · 292
- Maugansville Elementary6.5 mi · 698
- Paramount Elementary7.1 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Greencastle-Antrim Middle SchoolHow large is Greencastle-Antrim Middle School?
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Greencastle-Antrim Middle School serve?
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Greencastle-Antrim Middle School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Greencastle-Antrim Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Greencastle-Antrim Middle School?
Student demographics at Greencastle-Antrim Middle School are roughly 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Greencastle-Antrim Middle School in?
Greencastle-Antrim Middle School is part of Greencastle-Antrim SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.