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Enrollment
389
Middle
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SHORE SD·NCES 422583007490
New Cumberland Middle School
331 8th St, New Cumberland, PA 17070 · (717) 774-0162 · Cumberland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
255 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 7 | 202 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 48% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
48.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
34.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 32.5% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 New Cumberland Middle School
New Cumberland Middle School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Cumberland Middle School this school | 389 | 65.6% | 43.6% |
| Middletown Area Middle School Middletown | 534 | 60.7% | 38.3% |
| Log College Middle School Warminster | 603 | 64.0% | 43.7% |
| Hanover Middle School Hanover | 636 | 66.2% | 41.3% |
| Manor Middle School Lancaster | 472 | 51.5% | 56.8% |
| Allen Middle School Camp Hill | 272 | 75.4% | 52.3% |
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 New Cumberland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #303 of 479 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #278 of 513 ▲ 23 | #8 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #297 of 513 ▼ 33 | #11 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #379 of 522 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #59 of 486 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #84 of 486 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #181 of 510 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.9% | #16 of 332 | #2 of 7 |
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
389
-177 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 389 | 35.3 | 11.0:1 | 66% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 42.7 | 12.6:1 | 47% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 40.5 | 13.6:1 | 49% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 41% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 43.2 | 14.1:1 | 39% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 36% (227) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Cumberland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (607 to 389); teachers down 18% (43.2 to 35.3).
About New Cumberland Middle School
New Cumberland Middle School operates as a small middle school in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 389 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 594, and this school is 35% below that mark.
New Cumberland Middle School sits within West Shore SD, which has 15 schools and 7,705 students.
More than half of the students at New Cumberland Middle School are White (59%). The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Cumberland County's population at about 82%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Cumberland Middle School scores 60%.
With 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.0:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.2:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at New Cumberland Middle School, 66% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cumberland County average 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, New Cumberland Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 44% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for New Cumberland Middle School is 49.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.6%.
Census data for Cumberland County show the median household earns about $87,494 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Cumberland County number 57, with about 33,044 students.
Hillside Elementary School is the nearest public school to New Cumberland Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 43.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 31% decrease, from 566 to 389. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.2:1 to 11.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at New Cumberland Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 West Shore SD
- Cedar Cliff High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Red Land SHSHigh · 1,061 students
- Fairview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Old Trail Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Red Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in New Cumberland
- Fairview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 238 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside Elementary School0.2 mi · 408
- Cedar Cliff High School1.3 mi · 1,333
- Highland Elementary School1.3 mi · 375
- Foose School1.6 mi · 522
- Sylvan Heights Science CS1.7 mi · 217
- Washington Heights Elementary School1.9 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About New Cumberland Middle SchoolHow many students attend New Cumberland Middle School?
New Cumberland Middle School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does New Cumberland Middle School serve?
New Cumberland Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Cumberland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Cumberland Middle School is approximately 11.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is New Cumberland Middle School?
New Cumberland Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees New Cumberland Middle School?
New Cumberland Middle School is overseen by West Shore SD in Cumberland County.
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