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What's the most underrated thing about Middletown Area MS that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN AREA SD·NCES 421524001785
Middletown Area Middle School
215 Oberlin Rd, Middletown, PA 17057 · (717) 930-0739 · Dauphin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
324 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 188 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 31% |
Student demographics
67%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
Students here typically continue to
Middletown Area Middle School→Middletown Area High School
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
42.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
31.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.5pp 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 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 27.3% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Middle School
Middletown Area Middle School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Area Middle School this school | 534 | 60.7% | 38.3% |
| West York Area Middle School York | 645 | 55.5% | 34.6% |
| Log College Middle School Warminster | 603 | 64.0% | 43.7% |
| New Cumberland Middle School New Cumberland | 389 | 65.6% | 43.6% |
| Hanover Middle School Hanover | 636 | 66.2% | 41.3% |
| Manor Middle School Lancaster | 472 | 51.5% | 56.8% |
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 Middletown Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #355 of 479 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #318 of 513 ▲ 53 | #5 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #372 of 513 ▼ 5 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #278 of 522 | #9 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #97 of 486 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #36 of 486 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #196 of 510 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #260 of 332 | #6 of 6 |
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
534
-99 (-16%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 534 | 46.2 | 11.6:1 | 61% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 44.1 | 12.7:1 | 58% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 45.4 | 12.2:1 | 63% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 53% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 40.8 | 13.7:1 | 50% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 45 | 11.7:1 | 55% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 51 | 10.6:1 | 40% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 50 | 13.6:1 | 25% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 44 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middletown Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (561 to 534); teachers up 13% (40.8 to 46.2).
About Middletown Area Middle School
Middletown Area Middle School is a public middle school run by Middletown Area SD in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 534 students enrolled.
Middletown Area SD is the district for Middletown Area Middle School. It has 5 schools and 2,272 students.
By race and ethnicity, Middletown Area Middle School is 51% White. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 10% Black, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 63% White among all Dauphin County residents. Middletown Area Middle School has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Middletown Area Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. Across public schools in Dauphin County, the average is about the same, 59%.
Middletown Area Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Middletown Area Middle School is 13.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.3% versus 51.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
In the county around the school, Dauphin County, median household income is about $76,242, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 75 public schools operate in Dauphin County, serving about 72,718 students.
Nearby, Robert Reid Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away. Middletown Area Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Middletown Area Middle School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 38.3% versus a 53.4% average.
In the federal locale system, Middletown Area Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 16%, from 633 to 534. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Middletown Area SD
- Middletown Area High SchoolHigh · 702 students
- Robert Reid Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Kunkel Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Fink Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Other schools in Middletown
- Middletown Area High SchoolHigh · 702 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 High School0.4 mi · 702
- Fink Elementary School1.5 mi · 257
- Kunkel Elementary School2.0 mi · 369
- Chambers Hill Elementary School3.4 mi · 257
- Londonderry Elementary School3.8 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Middletown Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Middletown Area Middle School?
Middletown Area Middle School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Middletown Area Middle School serve?
Middletown Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Middletown Area Middle School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Middletown Area Middle School.
How diverse is Middletown Area Middle School?
Middletown Area Middle School reports a student body of 51% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Middletown Area Middle School?
Middletown Area Middle School is overseen by Middletown Area SD in Dauphin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.