Manheim Twp MS

Manheim Twp MS is a middle-grades school of expansive scale in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, operated by Manheim Township SD, educateing 914 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Manheim Twp MS sits 54% bigger than that benchmark.

Manheim Township SD runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,992 students. Manheim Twp MS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Manheim Twp MS lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lancaster County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Manheim Twp MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.2%, the actual is 60.6%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Manheim Twp MS is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: Manheim Twp HS, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manheim Twp MS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 69.9%.

Manheim Twp MS operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Manheim Twp MS has held roughly steady, going from 904 students in 2018 to 914 in 2025.

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