Enrollment
367
Middle
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLANCO SD·NCES 422181002657
Smith Middle School
645 Kirkwood Pike, Quarryville, PA 17566 · (717) 786-2244 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
176 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 113 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 122 | 33% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Smith Middle School→Solanco High School
Based on grade levels within Solanco SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 20.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Smith Middle School
Smith Middle School's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Middle School this school | 367 | 48.0% | 32.8% |
| Marticville Middle School Pequea | 393 | 48.1% | 57.5% |
| Pennridge South Middle School Perkasie | 332 | 44.9% | 46.5% |
| Swift Middle School Quarryville | 326 | 48.2% | 35.0% |
| Bangor Area Middle School Bangor | 421 | 49.4% | 48.3% |
| Bloomsburg Area Middle School Bloomsburg | 380 | 50.0% | 50.1% |
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 Smith Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #401 of 479 | #20 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #389 of 513 ▲ 26 | #19 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #396 of 513 ▲ 5 | #20 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #388 of 522 | #22 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #46 of 486 | #6 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #273 of 486 | #21 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #280 of 510 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #124 of 332 | #7 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
367
-43 (-10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
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 | 367 | 34.2 | 10.7:1 | 48% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 32.2 | 11.1:1 | 49% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 30.6 | 12.2:1 | 48% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 47% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 30.4 | 14.0:1 | 48% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 38% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 16% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (426 to 367); teachers up 13% (30.4 to 34.2).
About Smith Middle School
Quarryville, Pennsylvania, is home to Smith Middle School, a small middle school. Its 367 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Smith Middle School is one of 7 schools in Solanco SD, which enrolls 3,000 students in total.
White students account for 79% of enrollment at Smith Middle School. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Lancaster County is about 82% White. Smith Middle School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Smith Middle School operates with 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. About 48% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Smith Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania are predicted to post 57.0%, so the school is 24.2 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
County data help place the school in context: in Lancaster County, median household income is about $86,959, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Lancaster County number 114 and enroll about 62,719.
Quarryville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 51.5% on proficiency, and Smith Middle School is below that at 32.8%.
For locale, NCES codes Smith Middle School as Rural: Distant.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 367 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 410. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.7:1, from 13.2:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Smith Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Solanco SD
- Solanco High SchoolHigh · 980 students
- Clermont Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Providence Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- Quarryville Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Swift Middle SchoolMiddle · 326 students
- Bart-Colerain Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other schools in Quarryville
- Solanco High SchoolHigh · 980 students
- Clermont Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Quarryville Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Swift Middle SchoolMiddle · 326 students
Other Smith Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Smith Middle. Smith Middle School is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Smith Middle SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,091 students
- Smith Middle SchoolGlastonbury, CT · 875 students
- Smith MiddleChapel Hill, NC · 763 students
- Smith Middle SchoolTROY, MI · 599 students
- Smith Middle SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 532 students
Nearby schools
- Quarryville Elementary School0.6 mi · 346
- Solanco High School2.0 mi · 980
- Providence Elementary School3.5 mi · 386
- Bart-Colerain Elementary School3.9 mi · 197
- Swift Middle School5.9 mi · 326
- Clermont Elementary School6.0 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Smith Middle SchoolHow large is Smith Middle School?
Smith Middle School enrolls approximately 367 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Smith Middle School serve?
Smith Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Smith Middle School have?
Smith Middle School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
How diverse is Smith Middle School?
Smith Middle School reports a student body of 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Smith Middle School in?
Smith Middle School is part of Solanco SD.
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