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Enrollment
501
Middle
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMPFIELD SD·NCES 421179000118
Landisville Middle School
340 Mumma Dr, Landisville, PA 17538 · (717) 898-5607 · Lancaster County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- 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.
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
13.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
195 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 7 | 250 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 50% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Landisville Middle School→Hempfield SHS
Based on grade levels within Hempfield SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 49.6% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Landisville Middle School
Landisville Middle School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landisville Middle School this school | 501 | 38.9% | 60.7% |
| Delaware Valley Middle School Milford | 466 | 43.6% | 53.2% |
| Reiffton School Reading | 542 | 45.2% | 50.9% |
| Exeter Twp Junior High School Reading | 618 | 43.2% | 47.3% |
| Landisville Intrmd Center Landisville | 474 | 31.2% | 71.2% |
| Fleetwood Middle School Fleetwood | 659 | 38.4% | 45.9% |
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 Landisville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #94 of 479 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #100 of 513 ▲ 9 | #4 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #82 of 513 ▲ 60 | #2 of 26 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #306 of 522 | #14 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #255 of 486 | #18 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #177 of 486 | #12 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #346 of 510 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #83 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
501
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 501 | 38.4 | 13.0:1 | 39% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 40.2 | 12.8:1 | 38% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 40.7 | 12.6:1 | 35% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 38.5 | 12.3:1 | 32% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 28% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 24 | 22.0:1 | 8% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Landisville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (476 to 501); teachers unchanged (38.5 to 38.4).
About Landisville Middle School
Landisville Middle School is one of the public schools in Landisville, Pennsylvania. It is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 501 students.
Landisville Middle School is one school in Hempfield SD, a system of 10 schools with 6,884 students.
Landisville Middle School's enrollment is 70% White. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 82% of Lancaster County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Landisville Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Staffing totals 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.2:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Landisville Middle School is 39%. The average for public schools in Lancaster County is 55%.
Landisville Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.9% for Landisville Middle School. The school posts 60.7%, within a point of the prediction.
Census estimates describe Lancaster County this way: median household income is about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Lancaster County number 114 and enroll about 62,719.
Landisville Intrmd Center is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Landisville Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Landisville Middle School saw enrollment fall 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Landisville Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hempfield SD
- Hempfield SHSHigh · 2,281 students
- Centerville Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- Mountville Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Landisville Pri CenterElementary · 547 students
- Centerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Farmdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
Other schools in Landisville
- Hempfield SHSHigh · 2,281 students
- Landisville Pri CenterElementary · 547 students
- Landisville Intrmd CenterMiddle · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Landisville Intrmd Center0.2 mi · 474
- Landisville Pri Center0.2 mi · 547
- Hempfield SHS0.4 mi · 2,281
- Centerville Middle School1.8 mi · 559
- Centerville Elementary School1.9 mi · 544
- Farmdale Elementary School2.6 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About Landisville Middle SchoolHow large is Landisville Middle School?
Landisville Middle School enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 07-08.
Is Landisville Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Landisville Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Landisville Middle School have?
Landisville Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Landisville Middle School?
Student demographics at Landisville Middle School are roughly 70% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Landisville Middle School?
Landisville Middle School is overseen by Hempfield SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.