Red Lion Area JHS

Red Lion Area JHS, a mid-sized middle school in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, run under Red Lion Area SD, caters to 747 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Within Red Lion Area SD, which oversees 8 schools and 4,546 students, Red Lion Area JHS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Red Lion Area JHS lists that nearly all students (80%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to York County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Red Lion Area JHS has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Red Lion Area JHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of -14.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for York County indicate median household income runs about $84,829, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Red Lion Area JHS is one of 111 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 64,242 students).

Nearest neighbor: Red Lion Area SHS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Red Lion Area JHS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Red Lion Area JHS at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 830 students in 2018 compared to 747 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 4% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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