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Enrollment
511
Middle
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER SD·NCES 421314002594
Reynolds Middle School
605 W Walnut St, Lancaster, PA 17603 · (717) 291-6257 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
447 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 6 | 179 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 163 | 32% |
| Grade 9 | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Reynolds Middle School→McCaskey Campus
Based on grade levels within Lancaster SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 18.8% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Reynolds Middle School
Reynolds Middle School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Middle School this school | 511 | 87.5% | 28.8% |
| Lincoln Middle School Lancaster | 465 | 94.4% | 24.3% |
| Wheatland Middle School Lancaster | 453 | 85.2% | 22.4% |
| Broughal Middle School Bethlehem | 520 | 85.4% | 14.2% |
| Jackson Middle School Lancaster | 524 | 84.5% | 15.8% |
| Arts Academy CS Allentown | 296 | 93.2% | 24.9% |
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 Reynolds Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #419 of 479 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #431 of 513 ▼ 7 | #21 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #403 of 513 ▲ 21 | #21 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #296 of 522 | #13 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #106 of 486 | #11 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #76 of 486 | #6 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #157 of 510 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #210 of 332 | #10 of 15 |
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
511
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 511 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 87% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 52.2 | 9.7:1 | 89% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 52.1 | 10.1:1 | 92% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 53 | 9.1:1 | 99% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 49.8 | 11.2:1 | 100% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 48 | 9.9:1 | 100% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 82% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 77% (461) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 39 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reynolds Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (557 to 511); teachers down 12% (49.8 to 44).
About Reynolds Middle School
Students in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, attend Reynolds Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school serves 511 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
The Lancaster SD system has 19 schools and 9,901 students.
A majority of students at Reynolds Middle School, 58%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 17% White, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Lancaster County's residents are about 12% Hispanic, 46 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Reynolds Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
The school has about 11.6 students per teacher and 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 87%. That rate is above the 55% average among public schools in Lancaster County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Reynolds Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 28.8% actual against 40.1% predicted.
Among Lancaster County residents, median household income is about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 114 public schools in Lancaster County, with a combined enrollment of about 62,719.
Wharton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Reynolds Middle School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 28.8% versus a 35.6% average.
NCES describes the area around Reynolds Middle School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Reynolds Middle School had 480 students in 2020-21 and 511 in 2024-25, a 6% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.1:1 in 2020-21, and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Reynolds Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lancaster SD
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 465 students
- Wheatland Middle SchoolMiddle · 453 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Other Reynolds Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Reynolds Middle. Reynolds Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Reynolds Middle SchoolPROSPER, TX · 1,762 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolFairview, OR · 723 students
- Reynolds MiddleAsheville, NC · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Wharton Elementary School0.5 mi · 327
- Fulton Elementary School0.5 mi · 274
- Price Elementary School0.7 mi · 331
- Wheatland Middle School0.8 mi · 453
- Ross Elementary School0.8 mi · 281
- Carter and MacRae Elementary School0.9 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Reynolds Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Reynolds Middle School?
Reynolds Middle School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Reynolds Middle School serve?
Reynolds Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Reynolds Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Reynolds Middle School is approximately 11.6:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Reynolds Middle School?
At Reynolds Middle School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 58% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Reynolds Middle School public or private?
Reynolds Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lancaster SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.