Susquehanna Twp MS

Susquehanna Twp MS operates as an average-sized middle school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Susquehanna Township SD. Current enrollment sits at 820 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Susquehanna Twp MS sits 38% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Susquehanna Township SD, which oversees 4 schools and 3,137 students, Susquehanna Twp MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Susquehanna Twp MS logs that the largest single group is Black at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 17% White, 12% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Susquehanna Twp MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Susquehanna Twp MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.6%; actual is 25.8%, a gap of -24.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dauphin County put median household earnings sit near $76,242, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dauphin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students), Susquehanna Twp MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Harrisburg HS, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Susquehanna Twp MS. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Susquehanna Twp MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.6%.

Susquehanna Twp MS operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Susquehanna Twp MS's enrollment has climbed 32% since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 820). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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