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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENWOOD SD·NCES 421119000220

Greenwood Middle School

405 E Sunbury St, Millerstown, PA 17062 · (717) 589-3116 · Perry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats 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

Enrollment
155
Middle
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
59 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 65837%
Grade 74227%
Grade 85535%
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
14996%
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
32%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5% · US 6%
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
Male
8152%
Female
7448%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Greenwood Middle School→Greenwood High School
Feeds from
Greenwood Elementary SchoolKG–05
Based on grade levels within Greenwood SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
73.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2573.8%41.6%
2023-2472.0%37.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Greenwood Middle School

Greenwood Middle School's state test result (58.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Greenwood Middle School this school15538.1%58.2%
Laurel Middle School
New Castle
16036.9%59.4%
Leechburg Area Middle School
Leechburg
14745.6%47.7%
Berlin Brothersvalley Middle School
Berlin
23137.2%48.2%
Northern Bedford County Middle School
Loysburg
20546.8%49.9%
Millersburg Area Middle School
Millersburg
21128.9%46.0%
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 Greenwood Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Pennsylvania
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
58.2%#121 of 479
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
41.6%#197 of 513
▲ 44
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
73.8%#50 of 513
▲ 19
Enrollment
ranked largest first
155#504 of 522
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
38.1%#355 of 510
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 2024-25
Enrollment
155
-18 (-10%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2515515.110.3:138% (59)
2023-2417515.611.2:134% (59)
2022-2319016.111.8:137% (71)
2020-211731412.4:130% (52)
2017-1819016.911.3:1N/A
2015-161871512.5:133% (62)
2010-111941413.9:126% (51)
2000-01141N/AN/A0% (0)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 18% (190 to 155); teachers down 10% (16.9 to 15.1).

About Greenwood Middle School

Greenwood Middle School is a very small middle school with an address in Millerstown, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 155 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 74% below the 594-student average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.

Greenwood SD has a total of 3 schools and 703 students, Greenwood Middle School among them.

The share of White students at Greenwood Middle School is 96%. In Perry County overall, the White share is about 94%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 8%.

The school has 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 2.9 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Greenwood Middle School, 38% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Perry County average 67%.

Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Greenwood Middle School outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.

A school with Greenwood Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 61.3%. Greenwood Middle School scores 58.2%, 3.1 points below that line.

In Perry County, median household income comes to about $79,444, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 15, with about 5,512 students.

Greenwood High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Greenwood Middle School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

NCES describes the area around Greenwood Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school shrank from 173 students in 2020-21 to 155 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.4:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.

The allk12 page for Greenwood Middle School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.

Perry County at a glance

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Population
46,239
Census ACS
Median income
$79,444
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,512 students

Quick facts

School name
Greenwood Middle School
District
Greenwood SD
Address
405 E Sunbury St, Millerstown, PA 17062
Phone
(717) 589-3116
County
Perry County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
155
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student–teacher ratio
10.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
59 (38%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
421119000220
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Greenwood SD
Other schools in Millerstown
Other Greenwood Middle schools

3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Greenwood Middle. Greenwood Middle School is the 4th largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Greenwood Middle School
How many students attend Greenwood Middle School?
Greenwood Middle School enrolls approximately 155 students in grades 06-08.
Is Greenwood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Greenwood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Greenwood Middle School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Greenwood Middle School.
How diverse is Greenwood Middle School?
Greenwood Middle School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Greenwood Middle School in?
Greenwood Middle School is part of Greenwood SD.
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