Susquenita MS

As a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, Susquenita MS instructs 562 students from grades 5 through 8, part of Susquenita SD.

Across the 3 schools in Susquenita SD (1,698 students total), Susquenita MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Susquenita MS lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Perry County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Susquenita MS has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Susquenita MS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Perry County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Susquenita MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.1%; actual is 39.8%, a gap of -19.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Perry County reports that median household income runs about $79,444, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Perry County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,512 students), of which Susquenita MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Susquenita El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Susquenita MS. On composite proficiency, Susquenita MS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 534 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 91% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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