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What tradition at Lower Macungie MS should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,041
Middle
DISTRICT 923 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST PENN SD·NCES 420855000376
Lower Macungie Middle School
6299 Lower Macungie Road, Macungie, PA 18062 · (610) 395-8593 · Lehigh County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,041 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+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
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
424 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 321 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 375 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 345 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Lower Macungie Middle School→Emmaus High School
Based on grade levels within East Penn SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
42.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.9% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 41.7% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Lower Macungie Middle School
Lower Macungie Middle School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Macungie Middle School this school | 1,041 | 40.7% | 56.2% |
| Phoenixville Area Middle School Phoenixville | 963 | 33.0% | 55.2% |
| Cedar Crest Middle School Lebanon | 1,224 | 48.7% | 48.9% |
| Wilson West Middle School Sinking Spring | 780 | 33.2% | 55.2% |
| Central York Middle School York | 844 | 46.6% | 49.1% |
| Orefield Middle School Orefield | 1,034 | 34.5% | 59.6% |
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 Lower Macungie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #138 of 479 | #6 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #180 of 513 ▲ 8 | #7 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #94 of 513 ▲ 27 | #5 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,041 | #44 of 522 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #138 of 486 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #125 of 486 | #8 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #337 of 510 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #193 of 332 | #5 of 11 |
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
1,041
-79 (-7%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,041 | 87.5 | 11.9:1 | 41% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 1,076 | 87.1 | 12.3:1 | 39% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 1,043 | 83.9 | 12.4:1 | 36% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 1,120 | 75 | 14.9:1 | 34% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 1,141 | 71.6 | 15.9:1 | 34% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 1,134 | 69 | 16.4:1 | 30% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 1,052 | 76 | 13.8:1 | 25% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 1,017 | 58 | 17.5:1 | 7% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lower Macungie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,141 to 1,041); teachers up 22% (71.6 to 87.5).
About Lower Macungie Middle School
The public middle school Lower Macungie Middle School is located in Macungie, Pennsylvania. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 1,041 students enrolled. That is 75% above the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Lower Macungie Middle School is one of 10 schools in East Penn SD, which enrolls 7,815 students in total.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Lower Macungie Middle School. Next come 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. That is in line with Lehigh County, where about 62% of residents are White. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Lower Macungie Middle School are from different groups.
Lower Macungie Middle School reported 87.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.9:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.2:1. Roughly 41% of students at Lower Macungie Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Lehigh County report 70%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Lower Macungie Middle School outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Lower Macungie Middle School is 4.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Lehigh County, the median household earns about $80,079 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Lehigh County, 83 public schools serve about 56,984 students.
The closest school to Lower Macungie Middle School is Willow Lane Elementary School, located about 1.2 miles away. Lower Macungie Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lower Macungie Middle School at 9th of 9.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,041, compared with 1,120 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Penn SD
- Emmaus High SchoolHigh · 2,842 students
- Eyer Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Willow Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Shoemaker Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Macungie Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Wescosville Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Other schools in Macungie
- Eyer Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Willow Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Shoemaker Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Macungie Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Willow Lane Elementary School1.2 mi · 593
- Wescosville Elementary School1.3 mi · 465
- Fred J. Jaindl Elementary School2.3 mi · 433
- Fogelsville School2.6 mi · 480
- Eyer Middle School2.9 mi · 804
- Shoemaker Elementary School3.0 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Lower Macungie Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lower Macungie Middle School?
Lower Macungie Middle School enrolls approximately 1,041 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lower Macungie Middle School serve?
Lower Macungie Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lower Macungie Middle School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Lower Macungie Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lower Macungie Middle School?
At Lower Macungie Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lower Macungie Middle School in?
Lower Macungie Middle School is part of East Penn SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.