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If you could change one rule at Middletown Area HS, what would it be?
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Enrollment
702
High
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN AREA SD·NCES 421524001790
Middletown Area High School
1155 N Union St, Middletown, PA 17057 · (717) 948-3333 · Dauphin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
356 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 185 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 153 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 192 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 172 | 25% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Middletown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +11.9pp since 2023
Math
47.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 45.6% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Middletown Area High School
Middletown Area High School's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Area High School this school | 702 | 50.7% | 49.9% |
| West York Area High School York | 851 | 53.1% | 49.8% |
| Wilson Area High School Easton | 709 | 52.9% | 54.4% |
| Stroudsburg Junior High School Stroudsburg | 721 | 51.9% | 45.5% |
| Salisbury SHS Allentown | 546 | 46.5% | 52.2% |
| York Suburban SHS York | 859 | 43.9% | 74.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Middletown Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #304 of 576 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #220 of 626 ▲ 8 | #4 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #221 of 626 ▲ 192 | #5 of 15 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #277 of 713 | #8 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #276 of 601 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #52 of 604 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #344 of 619 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #99 of 221 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
702
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 702 | 51.6 | 13.6:1 | 51% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 51.1 | 14.2:1 | 49% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 51% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 44% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 52.6 | 12.3:1 | 43% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 44% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | 58 | 12.4:1 | 30% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 14% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 68 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middletown Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (647 to 702); teachers down 2% (52.6 to 51.6).
About Middletown Area High School
As a medium-sized high school, Middletown Area High School serves students in Middletown, Pennsylvania. A total of 702 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12.
Middletown Area High School is part of Middletown Area SD, where 5 schools serve 2,272 students.
Roughly 52% of students at Middletown Area High School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 63%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 51.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. On average, high schools in Pennsylvania have 12.8:1, compared with 13.6:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Middletown Area High School is 51%.
Middletown Area High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Middletown Area High School is 6.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.9% actual, 55.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In Dauphin County (population about 289,593), the median household income is $76,242, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Middletown Area High School is one of 75 public schools in the county.
Robert Reid Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Middletown Area High School. The five-mile area around Middletown Area High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Middletown Area High School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 7% from its 2020-21 level of 656.
Community posts for Middletown Area High School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Middletown Area SD
- Middletown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- Robert Reid Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Kunkel Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Fink Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Other schools in Middletown
- Middletown Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- Robert Reid Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Kunkel Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Fink Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
- Londonderry Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Reid Elementary School0.2 mi · 410
- Middletown Area Middle School0.4 mi · 534
- Fink Elementary School1.3 mi · 257
- Kunkel Elementary School2.3 mi · 369
- Londonderry Elementary School3.5 mi · 234
- Chambers Hill Elementary School3.6 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Middletown Area High SchoolHow many students attend Middletown Area High School?
Middletown Area High School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades 09-12.
Is Middletown Area High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Middletown Area High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Middletown Area High School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Middletown Area High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Middletown Area High School?
At Middletown Area High School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Middletown Area High School in?
Middletown Area High School is part of Middletown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.