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Enrollment
841
Middle
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540006783
Linglestown Middle School
1200 N Mountain Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112 · (717) 657-3060 · Dauphin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
815 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 274 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 33% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.7pp since 2023
Math
27.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 32.2% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Linglestown Middle School
Linglestown Middle School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linglestown Middle School this school | 841 | 96.9% | 43.4% |
| Gateway Middle School Monroeville | 1,017 | 99.6% | 47.6% |
| Neil A Armstrong Middle School Fairless Hills | 668 | 99.3% | 25.5% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School Levittown | 754 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School Erie | 769 | 96.1% | 18.0% |
| Pottsgrove Middle School Pottstown | 678 | 99.6% | 41.3% |
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 Linglestown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #309 of 479 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #357 of 513 ▼ 50 | #7 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #327 of 513 ▼ 78 | #5 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #100 of 522 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #391 of 486 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #39 of 486 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #119 of 510 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.8% | #28 of 131 | #2 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
841
+47 (+6%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 841 | 56.9 | 14.8:1 | 97% (815) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 57.5 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 808 | 55.1 | 14.7:1 | 99% (803) |
| 2020-21 | 794 | 50 | 15.9:1 | 100% (791) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 46.7 | 15.1:1 | 30% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 30% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 22% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 7% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 751 | 57 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linglestown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (702 to 841); teachers up 22% (46.7 to 56.9).
About Linglestown Middle School
Linglestown Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. There are 841 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Linglestown Middle School is one school in a 19-school district, Central Dauphin SD, which enrolls 12,389 students.
The student body at Linglestown Middle School is 52% White. The rest of enrollment is 16% Black, 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Dauphin County, the White share is about 63%. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Linglestown Middle School are from different groups.
With 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.8:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Linglestown Middle School, 97% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dauphin County is 59%.
Linglestown Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 36.1%. Linglestown Middle School scores 43.4%.
For the population of Dauphin County, the median household earns about $76,242 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Linglestown Middle School shares Dauphin County with 74 other public schools.
Linglestown Elementary School sits about 0.1 miles from Linglestown Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Linglestown Middle School ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Linglestown Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 47 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 15.9 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. 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 Central Dauphin SD
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Central Dauphin Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- North Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Central Dauphin East Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Paxtonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CSCombined · 29,320 students
- Reach Cyber CSCombined · 5,721 students
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
Nearby schools
- Linglestown Elementary School0.1 mi · 475
- Mountain View Elementary School1.1 mi · 373
- Paxtonia Elementary School1.4 mi · 682
- Central Dauphin SHS2.0 mi · 1,966
- North Side Elementary School2.5 mi · 722
- Infinity CS3.2 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Linglestown Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Linglestown Middle School?
Linglestown Middle School enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 06-08.
Is Linglestown Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Linglestown Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Linglestown Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Linglestown Middle School is approximately 14.8:1 (57 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Linglestown Middle School?
Linglestown Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 11% Hispanic, 16% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Linglestown Middle School public or private?
Linglestown Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Dauphin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.