Enrollment
323
Middle
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNIATA COUNTY SD·NCES 421260007276
Tuscarora Middle School
Old Route 22 East, Mifflintown, PA 17059 · (717) 436-2165 · Juniata County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- DBeats 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
11.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
170 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 108 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 32% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Tuscarora Middle School→Juniata SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Juniata County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.9pp since 2023
Math
18.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 24.7% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% 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 Tuscarora Middle School
Tuscarora Middle School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscarora Middle School this school | 323 | 52.6% | 31.3% |
| Swift Middle School Quarryville | 326 | 48.2% | 35.0% |
| Western Wayne Middle School Lake Ariel | 367 | 56.9% | 42.7% |
| Smith Middle School Quarryville | 367 | 48.0% | 32.8% |
| DeFranco Elementary School Bangor | 413 | 55.9% | 54.3% |
| Schuylkill Haven Middle School Schuylkill Haven | 255 | 54.9% | 34.0% |
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 Tuscarora Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #412 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #416 of 513 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #443 of 513 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #415 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #105 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #312 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #238 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #32 of 332 |
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
323
-55 (-15%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 323 | 27.8 | 11.6:1 | 53% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 28.3 | 11.7:1 | 51% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 28.2 | 11.1:1 | 51% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 56% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 28.9 | 15.3:1 | 48% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 47% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 32% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tuscarora Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (442 to 323); teachers down 4% (28.9 to 27.8).
About Tuscarora Middle School
Tuscarora Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. The school serves 323 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
The district, Juniata County SD, has 2,234 students enrolled across 5 schools.
White students make up 82% of enrollment at Tuscarora Middle School. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Juniata County's population at about 93%. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.6 students per teacher. That is 1.5 students per teacher below the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 53% of students. That tracks the 56% average for public schools in Juniata County.
Tuscarora Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 55.0%. Tuscarora Middle School posts 31.3%, 23.7 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Juniata County census figures show that the median household income is $66,318, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 5 public schools in Juniata County, enrolling about 2,234 students in all.
Juniata SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Tuscarora Middle School holds 2 other public schools. Tuscarora Middle School's average proficiency of 31.3% compares with 36.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
2024-25 enrollment was 323, a 15% decrease from 378 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.0 to 11.6 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Juniata County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,379
Census ACS
Median income
$66,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,234 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Juniata County SD
- Juniata Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Juniata SHSHigh · 485 students
- East Juniata Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- East Juniata JSHSHigh · 362 students
Other schools in Mifflintown
- Juniata Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Juniata SHSHigh · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Juniata SHS0.2 mi · 485
- Juniata Elementary School0.6 mi · 686
- East Derry Elementary School7.2 mi · 261
- Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology8.8 mi · 5
- Lewistown Elementary School8.9 mi · 457
- Mifflin Co Middle School9.0 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Tuscarora Middle SchoolHow large is Tuscarora Middle School?
Tuscarora Middle School enrolls approximately 323 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tuscarora Middle School serve?
Tuscarora Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Tuscarora Middle School have?
Tuscarora Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Tuscarora Middle School?
Student demographics at Tuscarora Middle School are roughly 82% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Tuscarora Middle School in?
Tuscarora Middle School is part of Juniata County SD.
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