Mifflinburg Area MS

Located at 100 Mabel St, in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, Mifflinburg Area MS is a close-knit middle-grades school that hosts 445 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Mifflinburg Area SD. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Mifflinburg Area SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,701 students. Mifflinburg Area MS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mifflinburg Area MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Mifflinburg Area MS records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 95% of students at Mifflinburg Area MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mifflinburg Area MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 50.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $76,404, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,811 students), of which Mifflinburg Area MS is one.

The closest other public school is Mifflinburg Area Intrmd Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mifflinburg Area MS comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 68.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mifflinburg Area MS has shrank 13%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Mifflinburg Area MS typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.