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Enrollment
846
Middle
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANHEIM CENTRAL SD·NCES 421455006076
Manheim Central Middle School
261 White Oak Rd, Manheim, PA 17545 · (717) 664-1700 · Lancaster County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
324 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 5 | 214 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 204 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 25% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Manheim Central Middle School→Manheim Central SHS
Based on grade levels within Manheim Central SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
40.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 40.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 40.6% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Manheim Central Middle School
Manheim Central Middle School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim Central Middle School this school | 846 | 38.3% | 46.1% |
| Strayer Middle School Quakertown | 737 | 37.3% | 40.6% |
| Schuylkill Valley Middle School Leesport | 691 | 38.6% | 43.5% |
| Sandburg Middle School Levittown | 729 | 36.6% | 43.4% |
| Elizabethtown Area Middle School Elizabethtown | 827 | 41.1% | 55.9% |
| Lower Dauphin Middle School Hummelstown | 781 | 32.9% | 48.4% |
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 Manheim Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #267 of 479 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #209 of 513 ▼ 6 | #12 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #288 of 513 ▲ 37 | #14 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #95 of 522 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #216 of 486 | #16 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #267 of 486 | #19 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.3% | #352 of 510 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #202 of 332 | #8 of 15 |
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
846
-49 (-5%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 846 | 66.8 | 12.7:1 | 38% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 65.5 | 12.8:1 | 39% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 848 | 64.6 | 13.1:1 | 42% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 895 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 38% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 926 | 66.6 | 13.9:1 | 36% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 888 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 36% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 901 | 66 | 13.7:1 | 25% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manheim Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (926 to 846); teachers unchanged (66.6 to 66.8).
About Manheim Central Middle School
In Manheim, Pennsylvania, part of Lancaster County, Manheim Central Middle School is a middle school. It educates 846 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 42% above the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Manheim Central SD enrolls 2,764 students in 4 schools, including Manheim Central Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, Manheim Central Middle School is 78% White. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. For comparison, Lancaster County is about 82% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Manheim Central Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Its 66.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.7:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.2:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 38%. The rate at public schools in Lancaster County averages 55%, higher than here.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Manheim Central Middle School is 15.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.1% actual, 61.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
County data help place the school in context: in Lancaster County, median household income is about $86,959, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Lancaster County number 114 and enroll about 62,719.
The nearest public school is Manheim Central SHS, at about 0.4 miles. Manheim Central Middle School has 7 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 60.7%, higher than Manheim Central Middle School's 46.1%.
NCES describes the area around Manheim Central 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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 895 to 846. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.7:1, from 14.0:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Manheim Central SD
- Manheim Central SHSHigh · 896 students
- Doe Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Baron Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Other schools in Manheim
- Manheim Central SHSHigh · 896 students
- Doe Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Baron Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Manheim Central SHS0.4 mi · 896
- Baron Elementary School0.7 mi · 350
- Doe Run Elementary School0.8 mi · 672
- Warwick Middle School3.8 mi · 568
- Warwick SHS4.0 mi · 1,241
- Lititz Elementary School4.5 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Manheim Central Middle SchoolHow large is Manheim Central Middle School?
Manheim Central Middle School enrolls approximately 846 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Manheim Central Middle School serve?
Manheim Central Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Manheim Central Middle School have?
Manheim Central Middle School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Manheim Central Middle School?
Student demographics at Manheim Central Middle School are roughly 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Manheim Central Middle School public or private?
Manheim Central Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Manheim Central SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.