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Enrollment
747
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED LION AREA SD·NCES 422010004597
Red Lion Area Junior High School
200 Country Club Rd, Red Lion, PA 17356 · (717) 244-1448 · York County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- 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
12.1:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
341 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 395 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 352 | 47% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Red Lion Area Junior High School→Red Lion Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Red Lion Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Red Lion Area Junior High School
Red Lion Area Junior High School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lion Area Junior High School this school | 747 | 45.6% | 43.5% |
| Spring Grove Area Middle School Spring Grove | 650 | 40.8% | 47.3% |
| Ringgold Middle School Monongahela | 738 | 49.7% | 32.4% |
| Boyertown Area MS-West Boyertown | 668 | 39.8% | 51.6% |
| Daniel Boone Area Middle School Douglassville | 884 | 44.8% | 48.8% |
| Laurel Highlands Middle School Uniontown | 662 | 47.1% | 38.2% |
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 Red Lion Area Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #305 of 479 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #263 of 513 ▲ 49 | #14 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #274 of 513 ▲ 104 | #13 of 22 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #148 of 522 | #6 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #166 of 486 | #4 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #292 of 486 | #17 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.6% | #296 of 510 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #172 of 332 | #5 of 14 |
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
747
-89 (-11%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 747 | 61.7 | 12.1:1 | 46% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 59.9 | 12.3:1 | 46% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 58.5 | 13.9:1 | 50% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 60 | 13.9:1 | 44% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 59.4 | 14.0:1 | 40% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 57 | 14.1:1 | 36% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 900 | 58 | 15.5:1 | 31% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 911 | 43 | 21.2:1 | 14% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 40 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Lion Area Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (830 to 747); teachers up 4% (59.4 to 61.7).
About Red Lion Area Junior High School
Red Lion Area Junior High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 747 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Pennsylvania) has about 594 students.
Red Lion Area SD has 8 schools; together they serve 4,546 students.
White students make up 80% of enrollment at Red Lion Area Junior High School. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, York County is about 81% White. Red Lion Area Junior High School's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
Red Lion Area Junior High School counts 61.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.1 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 12.1:1 here. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Red Lion Area Junior High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Red Lion Area Junior High School are 14.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (43.5% actual, 58.0% predicted).
County data help place the school in context: in York County, the median household income is $84,829, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, York County has 111 public schools and roughly 64,242 students.
The closest public school, Red Lion Area SHS, is about 0.3 miles from Red Lion Area Junior High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Red Lion Area Junior High School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Red Lion Area Junior High School falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when Red Lion Area Junior High School had 836 students, to 2024-25, when it had 747. Students per teacher fell from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 12.1 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Red Lion Area SD
- Red Lion Area SHSHigh · 1,363 students
- Larry J. Macaluso Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Mazie Gable Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Locust Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
Other schools in Red Lion
- Red Lion Area SHSHigh · 1,363 students
- Larry J. Macaluso Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Mazie Gable Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
Nearby schools
- Red Lion Area SHS0.3 mi · 1,363
- Mazie Gable Elementary School1.1 mi · 481
- Pleasant View Elementary School1.1 mi · 436
- Dallastown Elementary School2.1 mi · 181
- Dallastown Area SHS2.3 mi · 2,046
- Dallastown Area Middle School2.3 mi · 1,014
Frequently asked questions
About Red Lion Area Junior High SchoolHow large is Red Lion Area Junior High School?
Red Lion Area Junior High School enrolls approximately 747 students in grades 07-08.
Is Red Lion Area Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Red Lion Area Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Red Lion Area Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Red Lion Area Junior High School is approximately 12.1:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Red Lion Area Junior High School?
At Red Lion Area Junior High School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Red Lion Area Junior High School public or private?
Red Lion Area Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Red Lion Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.