Walnut Creek MS

As a cozy 6-8 campus in Fairview, Pennsylvania, Walnut Creek MS hosts 399 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Millcreek Township SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Walnut Creek MS sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Millcreek Township SD, which oversees 9 schools and 6,363 students, Walnut Creek MS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Walnut Creek MS records that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest comes out to 11% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Walnut Creek MS reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Walnut Creek MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Walnut Creek MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Erie County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walnut Creek MS is one of 68 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students).

Asbury El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Creek MS. On composite proficiency, Walnut Creek MS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

Walnut Creek MS operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 555 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 88% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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