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Enrollment
1,112
Middle
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MECHANICSBURG AREA SD·NCES 421503001715
Mechanicsburg Middle School
1750 South Market Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 · (717) 691-4560 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,112 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.4:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
441 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 353 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 381 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 378 | 34% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Mechanicsburg Middle School→Mechanicsburg Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mechanicsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 32.3% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Mechanicsburg Middle School
Mechanicsburg Middle School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanicsburg Middle School this school | 1,112 | 39.7% | 50.5% |
| Keith Valley Middle School Horsham | 966 | 39.5% | 55.8% |
| William Penn Middle School Yardley | 904 | 35.8% | 55.0% |
| Dallastown Area Middle School Dallastown | 1,014 | 41.0% | 48.6% |
| Maple Point Middle School Langhorne | 1,296 | 32.6% | 45.4% |
| Central Dauphin Middle School Harrisburg | 834 | 36.7% | 52.9% |
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 Mechanicsburg Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #206 of 479 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #267 of 513 ▲ 37 | #6 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #144 of 513 ▲ 13 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,112 | #28 of 522 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #368 of 486 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #166 of 486 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #341 of 510 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.1% | #22 of 131 | N/A |
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
1,112
+82 (+8%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 1,112 | 77.2 | 14.4:1 | 40% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 1,131 | 86.4 | 13.1:1 | 39% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 1,047 | 81.6 | 12.8:1 | 39% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 1,030 | 77 | 13.4:1 | 37% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 903 | 67.2 | 13.4:1 | 32% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 66 | 12.8:1 | 31% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 68 | 13.1:1 | 26% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 13% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 51 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mechanicsburg Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (903 to 1,112); teachers up 15% (67.2 to 77.2).
About Mechanicsburg Middle School
As a large middle school, Mechanicsburg Middle School serves students in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school counts 1,112 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 87% larger than the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Mechanicsburg Middle School is one of the 8 schools that make up Mechanicsburg Area SD (4,621 students in total).
Mechanicsburg Middle School's enrollment is 70% White. Other groups make up 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Cumberland County residents are White. Mechanicsburg Middle School has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Mechanicsburg Middle School total 77.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. The 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 441 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 40%. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is about the same, 41%.
Mechanicsburg Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Mechanicsburg Middle School is 10.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Among Cumberland County residents, median household income is about $87,494, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 57 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 33,044.
The closest public school to Mechanicsburg Middle School is Upper Allen Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 63.8%, higher than Mechanicsburg Middle School's 50.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,030 in 2020-21 and 1,112 in 2024-25, a rise of 82 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.4:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mechanicsburg Area SD
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Elmwood AcademyElementary · 712 students
- Kindergarten AcademyElementary · 321 students
- Upper Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Shepherdstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Broad Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 239 students
Other schools in Mechanicsburg
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
- Elmwood AcademyElementary · 712 students
Other Mechanicsburg Middle schools
One other US public school is named Mechanicsburg Middle. Mechanicsburg Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMechanicsburg, OH · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Allen Elementary School0.1 mi · 321
- Shepherdstown Elementary School0.3 mi · 283
- Elmwood Academy1.6 mi · 712
- Kindergarten Academy1.7 mi · 321
- Mechanicsburg Area SHS1.8 mi · 1,412
- Broad Street Elementary School2.0 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolHow large is Mechanicsburg Middle School?
Mechanicsburg Middle School enrolls approximately 1,112 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mechanicsburg Middle School serve?
Mechanicsburg Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mechanicsburg Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mechanicsburg Middle School is approximately 14.4:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mechanicsburg Middle School?
At Mechanicsburg Middle School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 8% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mechanicsburg Middle School public or private?
Mechanicsburg Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mechanicsburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.