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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the New Oxford MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
567
Middle
DISTRICT 705 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONEWAGO VALLEY SD·NCES 420655006898
New Oxford Middle School
130 Berlin Road, New Oxford, PA 17350 · (717) 624-2157 · Adams County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest 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
13.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
279 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 290 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 49% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
New Oxford Middle School→New Oxford SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Conewago Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
37.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 39.4% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Oxford Middle School
New Oxford Middle School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Oxford Middle School this school | 567 | 49.2% | 51.5% |
| Dingman-Delaware Middle School Dingmans Ferry | 532 | 48.1% | 52.7% |
| Bermudian Springs Middle School York Springs | 539 | 44.0% | 46.3% |
| Gettysburg Area Middle School Gettysburg | 646 | 49.5% | 59.3% |
| Ephrata Intermediate School Ephrata | 568 | 53.3% | 47.4% |
| Lehighton Area Middle School Lehighton | 478 | 52.5% | 39.4% |
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 Oxford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #191 of 479 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #243 of 513 ▼ 31 | #7 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #222 of 513 ▼ 59 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #256 of 522 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #303 of 486 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #261 of 486 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #267 of 510 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #228 of 332 | #7 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
567
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 567 | 41.7 | 13.6:1 | 49% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 38.7 | 14.7:1 | 49% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 39.7 | 15.2:1 | 45% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 42% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 36.4 | 16.8:1 | 42% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 41% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 33% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 1,156 | 54 | 21.4:1 | 26% (304) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 44 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Oxford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (611 to 567); teachers up 15% (36.4 to 41.7).
About New Oxford Middle School
New Oxford Middle School is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of New Oxford, Pennsylvania. The grade span is 7 through 8, and enrollment is 567 students.
Within Conewago Valley SD, New Oxford Middle School is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 3,678 students.
Roughly 77% of students at New Oxford Middle School are White. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Adams County's residents are about 89% White, 12 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.6:1. That matches the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 49%. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 47%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, New Oxford Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, New Oxford Middle School would be expected to post about 56.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Adams County, the median household income is $84,092, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. New Oxford Middle School is one of 26 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, New Oxford SHS, is less than a tenth of a mile from New Oxford Middle School. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, New Oxford Middle School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, New Oxford Middle School enrolled 580; in 2024-25, 567. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,115
Census ACS
Median income
$84,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Conewago Valley SD
- New Oxford SHSHigh · 1,229 students
- Conewago Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- New Oxford Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Conewago Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
Other schools in New Oxford
- New Oxford SHSHigh · 1,229 students
- Conewago Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 842 students
- New Oxford Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
Nearby schools
- New Oxford SHS0.0 mi · 1,229
- New Oxford Elementary School0.2 mi · 565
- Conewago Valley Intrmd School0.5 mi · 842
- Conewago Twp Elementary School4.9 mi · 475
- Clearview Elementary School5.2 mi · 230
- Gettysburg Montessori CS5.2 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About New Oxford Middle SchoolHow large is New Oxford Middle School?
New Oxford Middle School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does New Oxford Middle School serve?
New Oxford Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at New Oxford Middle School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at New Oxford Middle School.
What is the student diversity at New Oxford Middle School?
Student demographics at New Oxford Middle School are roughly 77% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is New Oxford Middle School in?
New Oxford Middle School is part of Conewago Valley SD.
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