Enrollment
263
Middle
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALIFAX AREA SD·NCES 421131006331
Halifax Area Middle School
3940 Peters Mountain Rd, Halifax, PA 17032 · (717) 896-3416 · Dauphin County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
136 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 57 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 27% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Halifax Area Middle School→Halifax Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Halifax Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.2pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 33.2% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Halifax Area Middle School
Halifax Area Middle School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax Area Middle School this school | 263 | 51.7% | 44.0% |
| Upper Dauphin Area Middle School Lykens | 302 | 55.3% | 34.0% |
| Palmerton Area Junior High School Palmerton | 261 | 48.3% | 47.2% |
| Schuylkill Haven Middle School Schuylkill Haven | 255 | 54.9% | 34.0% |
| Newport Middle School Newport | 228 | 54.8% | 39.4% |
| Sharpsville Area Middle School Sharpsville | 217 | 54.4% | 48.8% |
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 Halifax Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #297 of 479 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #361 of 513 ▼ 70 | #8 of 14 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #347 of 513 ▼ 118 | #6 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #454 of 522 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #200 of 486 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #342 of 486 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #242 of 510 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #36 of 131 | #4 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
263
+29 (+12%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 263 | 21 | 12.5:1 | 52% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 46% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 21 | 13.0:1 | 31% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 21 | 11.1:1 | 37% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 22.1 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 36% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 26% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 25 | 11.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 22 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Halifax Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (229 to 263); teachers down 5% (22.1 to 21).
About Halifax Area Middle School
Halifax, Pennsylvania, is home to Halifax Area Middle School, a small middle school. It has an enrollment of 263 students in grades 5 through 8. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 594.
Halifax Area Middle School is one of 3 schools in Halifax Area SD, which enrolls 846 students in total.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Dauphin County, the White share is about 63%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.
Halifax Area Middle School reports a ratio of 12.5 students per teacher, from 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch program data show 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Halifax Area Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
A school with Halifax Area Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 55.4%. Halifax Area Middle School scores 44.0%, 11.4 points below that line.
In Dauphin County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $76,242, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 75 public schools in the county, enrolling about 72,718, Halifax Area Middle School among them.
Halifax Area Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Halifax Area High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Halifax Area Middle School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 53.1% on proficiency, and Halifax Area Middle School is below that at 44.0%.
Halifax Area Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 29 students, from 234 to 263. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.5:1) than in 2020-21 (11.1:1).
On allk12, people connected to Halifax Area Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Halifax Area SD
- Halifax Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Halifax Area High SchoolHigh · 234 students
Other schools in Halifax
- Halifax Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Halifax Area High SchoolHigh · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Halifax Area High School0.0 mi · 234
- Halifax Area Elementary School0.2 mi · 349
- Lenkerville Elementary School5.1 mi · 324
- Middle Paxton Elementary School5.7 mi · 289
- Millersburg Area High School5.7 mi · 207
- Millersburg Elementary School5.7 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Halifax Area Middle SchoolHow large is Halifax Area Middle School?
Halifax Area Middle School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Halifax Area Middle School serve?
Halifax Area Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Halifax Area Middle School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Halifax Area Middle School.
How diverse is Halifax Area Middle School?
Halifax Area Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Halifax Area Middle School?
Halifax Area Middle School is overseen by Halifax Area SD in Dauphin County.
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