Hamburg Area Middle School

As a compact junior high in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, Hamburg Area Middle School hosts 482 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Hamburg Area SD.

Hamburg Area Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Hamburg Area SD, a district that serves 2,045 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hamburg Area Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Hamburg Area Middle School lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Berks County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hamburg Area Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.3%; actual is 35.9%, a gap of -18.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Berks County reports that median household income runs about $79,777, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which Hamburg Area Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Hamburg Area HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamburg Area Middle School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Hamburg Area Middle School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 514 (now 482). White enrollment moved from 93% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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