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Enrollment
408
Middle
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG CITY SD·NCES 421158000981
Marshall Math Science Academy
301 Hale Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17104 · (717) 703-1200 · Dauphin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
380 students
DISTRICT 104% · 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 | 134 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 31% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
10.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 17.4% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Marshall Math Science Academy
Marshall Math Science Academy's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Math Science Academy this school | 408 | 93.1% | 32.3% |
| Pocono Mountain West Junior High School Pocono Summit | 697 | 97.7% | 34.3% |
| Clemente Roberto Middle School Philadelphia | 259 | 78.4% | 5.0% |
| Camp Curtin Academy Harrisburg | 724 | 64.9% | 6.7% |
| Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 Pittsburgh | 387 | 83.7% | 15.4% |
| Pottstown Middle School Pottstown | 918 | 98.4% | 19.1% |
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 Marshall Math Science Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #406 of 479 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #463 of 513 ▼ 32 | #12 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #381 of 513 ▼ 47 | #8 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #368 of 522 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #465 of 486 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #79 of 486 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #148 of 510 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #34 of 131 | #3 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
408
+45 (+12%) vs 2020
+143% since 2010-11, when it was 168
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 30.3:1
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 | 408 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 93% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 5 | 76.0:1 | 99% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 6.5 | 62.0:1 | 99% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 12 | 30.3:1 | 99% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 12.5 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 11 | 29.6:1 | 59% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 168 | 9 | 18.7:1 | 73% (122) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Math Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (352 to 408); teachers up 92% (12.5 to 24).
About Marshall Math Science Academy
Marshall Math Science Academy is one of the public schools in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 408 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
Harrisburg City SD (12 schools, 6,462 students) runs Marshall Math Science Academy.
Black students form the largest group at Marshall Math Science Academy, 50% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 38% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Dauphin County's population at about 17%. Marshall Math Science Academy has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Marshall Math Science Academy total 24 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 93%. Compared with the 59% average for public schools in Dauphin County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Marshall Math Science Academy a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Marshall Math Science Academy's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.3%) and its predicted rate (37.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Dauphin County, median household income is about $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 75 public schools operate in Dauphin County, serving about 72,718 students.
The closest public school to Marshall Math Science Academy is Harrisburg High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Marshall Math Science Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Marshall Math Science Academy ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Marshall Math Science Academy went from 363 students to 408. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 30.3:1 to 17.0:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Marshall Math Science Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrisburg City SD
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Camp Curtin AcademyMiddle · 724 students
- Benjamin Franklin SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Melrose SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Foose SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Scott at Lincoln SchoolElementary · 484 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CSCombined · 29,320 students
- Reach Cyber CSCombined · 5,721 students
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
Nearby schools
- Harrisburg High School0.2 mi · 1,343
- Melrose School0.6 mi · 536
- Rowland Academy0.8 mi · 353
- Paxtang Elementary School1.0 mi · 281
- Susquehanna Twp Middle School1.1 mi · 820
- Scott at Lincoln School1.1 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall Math Science AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Marshall Math Science Academy?
Marshall Math Science Academy enrolls approximately 408 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Marshall Math Science Academy serve?
Marshall Math Science Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Marshall Math Science Academy?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Marshall Math Science Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marshall Math Science Academy?
At Marshall Math Science Academy, the student body is approximately 5% White, 38% Hispanic, 50% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Marshall Math Science Academy public or private?
Marshall Math Science Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrisburg City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.