Enrollment
353
Middle
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421431003037
Loyalsock Twp Middle School
2101 Loyalsock Dr, Williamsport, PA 17701 · (570) 323-9439 · Lycoming County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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.
- A+Beats 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
13.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
350 students
DISTRICT 103% · 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 6 | 127 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 32% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Loyalsock Twp Middle School→Loyalsock Twp SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Loyalsock Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.8pp since 2023
Math
38.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 50.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Loyalsock Twp Middle School
Loyalsock Twp Middle School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyalsock Twp Middle School this school | 353 | 99.2% | 54.4% |
| Meadville Middle School Meadville | 340 | 99.1% | 43.5% |
| Belle Vernon Area Middle School Belle Vernon | 386 | 89.9% | 44.8% |
| River Valley Middle School Blairsville | 332 | 95.8% | 42.8% |
| New Brighton Area Middle School New Brighton | 290 | 97.2% | 33.3% |
| Albert Gallatin North Middle School McClellandtown | 375 | 98.9% | 37.4% |
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 Loyalsock Twp Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #161 of 479 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #236 of 513 ▼ 129 | #4 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #242 of 513 ▼ 93 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #399 of 522 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #299 of 486 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #231 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #92 of 510 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #268 of 332 | #6 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
353
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
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 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 99% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 27.5 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 28.3 | 12.1:1 | 47% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 25 | 13.7:1 | 44% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 26.9 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 35% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 26% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 25 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loyalsock Twp Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (369 to 353); teachers down 3% (26.9 to 26).
About Loyalsock Twp Middle School
Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Loyalsock Twp Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 353 students. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
Loyalsock Twp Middle School sits within Loyalsock Township SD, which has 3 schools and 1,510 students.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at Loyalsock Twp Middle School. Other reported shares: 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 89% White among all Lycoming County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Loyalsock Twp Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.6:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Eligible students account for 99% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Lycoming County report 60%.
allk12 grades Loyalsock Twp Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Loyalsock Twp Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 54.4%. Predicted: 35.1%. Difference: 19.3 points.
Across Lycoming County, median household income is about $63,917, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Lycoming County number 30 and enroll about 14,288.
The closest public school, Loyalsock Twp SHS, is less than a tenth of a mile from Loyalsock Twp Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Loyalsock Twp Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Loyalsock Twp Middle School went from 343 students to 353.
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Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loyalsock Township SD
- Donald E. Schick SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Loyalsock Twp SHSHigh · 436 students
Other schools in Williamsport
- Williamsport Area SHSHigh · 1,462 students
- Williamsport Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 706 students
- Jackson Primary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Lycoming Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cochran Primary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Curtin Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 525 students
Nearby schools
- Loyalsock Twp SHS0.0 mi · 436
- Donald E. Schick School1.1 mi · 721
- Curtin Intrmd School2.0 mi · 525
- Cochran Primary School2.3 mi · 538
- Montoursville Area SHS2.6 mi · 570
- Rommelt Elementary School2.8 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Loyalsock Twp Middle SchoolHow many students attend Loyalsock Twp Middle School?
Loyalsock Twp Middle School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Loyalsock Twp Middle School serve?
Loyalsock Twp Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Loyalsock Twp Middle School have?
Loyalsock Twp Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loyalsock Twp Middle School?
At Loyalsock Twp Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Loyalsock Twp Middle School in?
Loyalsock Twp Middle School is part of Loyalsock Township SD.
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