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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND VALLEY SD·NCES 420711001697
Middlesex Elementary School
250 N Middlesex Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013 · (717) 697-2362 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
188 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
49%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
41.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.7pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 41.6% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Middlesex Elementary School
Middlesex Elementary School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex Elementary School this school | 419 | 44.9% | 51.2% |
| Oxford Valley Elementary School Fairless Hills | 390 | 45.9% | 62.4% |
| McKee Elementary School Oakdale | 521 | 39.7% | 77.7% |
| Kindergarten Academy Mechanicsburg | 321 | 44.2% | N/A |
| Amosland Elementary School Morton | 470 | 42.8% | 59.6% |
| Bucher School Lancaster | 403 | 39.7% | 67.7% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Middlesex Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #845 of 1,396 | #28 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #780 of 1,511 ▲ 152 | #25 of 34 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #974 of 1,511 ▼ 228 | #32 of 34 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #802 of 1,638 | #16 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #689 of 1,528 | #8 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #567 of 1,531 | #23 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #1,081 of 1,600 | #17 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #271 of 450 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
419
+78 (+23%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 419 | 32.8 | 12.8:1 | 45% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 34.9 | 11.3:1 | 48% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 33.7 | 12.3:1 | 49% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 44% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 33.3 | 11.8:1 | 43% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 41% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 28% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 17% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 23 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middlesex Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (394 to 419); teachers down 1% (33.3 to 32.8).
About Middlesex Elementary School
In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, part of Cumberland County, Middlesex Elementary School is an elementary school. In all, 419 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Middlesex Elementary School is a school in Cumberland Valley SD. The district has 11 schools and 10,374 students.
White students are 70% of those enrolled at Middlesex Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Cumberland County overall, about 82% of residents are White. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Middlesex Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. About 45% of students at Middlesex Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Middlesex Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Middlesex Elementary School is 7.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 51.2%. Predicted: 58.4%.
Looking at the county, Cumberland County, the median household earns about $87,494 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Middlesex Elementary School, Cumberland County has 57 public schools.
The closest school to Middlesex Elementary School is Crestview Elementary School, located about 3.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Middlesex Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment rose 23% over 4 years, reaching 419 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.8:1 to 12.8:1 over the same years.
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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 Cumberland Valley SD
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
- Shaull Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Sporting Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
Other schools in Carlisle
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other Middlesex Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Middlesex Elementary. Middlesex Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Middlesex ElementaryLocust Hill, VA · 620 students
- Middlesex ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 448 students
- Middlesex ElementaryMiddlesex, NC · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Crestview Elementary School3.4 mi · 541
- Hamilton Elementary School3.7 mi · 388
- Silver Spring Elementary School4.2 mi · 528
- Eagle View Middle School4.3 mi · 1,111
- Bellaire Elementary School4.3 mi · 407
- Cumberland Valley High School4.4 mi · 3,163
Frequently asked questions
About Middlesex Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Middlesex Elementary School?
Middlesex Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
Is Middlesex Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Middlesex Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Middlesex Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Middlesex Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Middlesex Elementary School?
At Middlesex Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Middlesex Elementary School public or private?
Middlesex Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.