Martin Meylin MS

Martin Meylin MS is an intermediate school of reasonably sized scale in Lampeter, Pennsylvania, part of Lampeter-Strasburg SD, teacheing 686 students in grades 6 through 8.

Martin Meylin MS is one of 5 schools operated by Lampeter-Strasburg SD, a district that teaches 2,747 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martin Meylin MS shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Martin Meylin MS reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Martin Meylin MS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lancaster County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Martin Meylin MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 57.5%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put median household earnings sit near $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Martin Meylin MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lampeter-Strasburg SHS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Meylin MS. On composite proficiency, Martin Meylin MS comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 728 students in 2018 compared to 686 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 83% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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