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Enrollment
914
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANHEIM TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421458005114
Manheim Twp Middle School
School Road, Lancaster, PA 17601 · (717) 560-3111 · Lancaster County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
307 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 452 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 460 | 50% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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 Twp Middle School→Manheim Twp High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Manheim Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.4pp 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 48 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 48.6% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Twp Middle School
Manheim Twp Middle School's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim Twp Middle School this school | 914 | 33.6% | 60.6% |
| Landis Run Intermediate School Lancaster | 929 | 34.0% | 65.5% |
| Orefield Middle School Orefield | 1,034 | 34.5% | 59.6% |
| Keith Valley Middle School Horsham | 966 | 39.5% | 55.8% |
| Central Dauphin Middle School Harrisburg | 834 | 36.7% | 52.9% |
| Palmyra Area Middle School Palmyra | 820 | 30.2% | 64.5% |
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 Twp Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #96 of 479 | #4 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #133 of 513 ▼ 8 | #7 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #92 of 513 ▼ 11 | #3 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #68 of 522 | #2 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #208 of 486 | #15 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #100 of 486 | #8 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #385 of 510 | #22 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #120 of 131 | #5 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
914
-42 (-4%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 949
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 914 | 72.7 | 12.6:1 | 34% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 902 | 69.5 | 13.0:1 | 34% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 955 | 72.7 | 13.1:1 | 32% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 956 | 76 | 12.6:1 | 29% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 904 | 73.7 | 12.3:1 | 31% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 926 | 71 | 13.0:1 | 27% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 70 | 13.2:1 | 23% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 8% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 949 | 67 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manheim Twp Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (904 to 914); teachers down 1% (73.7 to 72.7).
About Manheim Twp Middle School
Manheim Twp Middle School runs as a large middle school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from 7 through 8, with 914 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 594 students; this school is 54% above that.
Manheim Township SD, which runs Manheim Twp Middle School, has 9 schools and 5,992 students.
At Manheim Twp Middle School, White students make up 62% of the student body. Next come 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 82% White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 12.6 students per teacher and 72.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Lancaster County averages 55%, higher than here.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Manheim Twp Middle School's results are 2.6 points below predicted: 60.6% against 63.2%.
Manheim Twp Middle School is located in Lancaster County, where the median household income is $86,959, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Manheim Twp Middle School, Lancaster County has 113 other public schools.
Manheim Twp High School is located about 0.1 miles from Manheim Twp Middle School. The five-mile area around Manheim Twp Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 60.6% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment declined 4% from its 2020-21 level of 956.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Manheim Twp Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Township SD
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Reidenbaugh Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Nitrauer SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Bucher SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Schaeffer SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Manheim Twp High School0.1 mi · 1,953
- Neff School0.3 mi · 283
- Landis Run Intermediate School0.5 mi · 929
- Nitrauer School1.7 mi · 468
- Reidenbaugh Elementary School1.8 mi · 488
- Bucher School2.2 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Manheim Twp Middle SchoolHow large is Manheim Twp Middle School?
Manheim Twp Middle School enrolls approximately 914 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Manheim Twp Middle School serve?
Manheim Twp Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Manheim Twp Middle School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Manheim Twp Middle School.
How diverse is Manheim Twp Middle School?
Manheim Twp Middle School reports a student body of 62% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Manheim Twp Middle School?
Manheim Twp Middle School is overseen by Manheim Township SD in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.