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Enrollment
568
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARWICK SD·NCES 422496005336
Warwick Middle School
401 Maple St, Lititz, PA 17543 · (717) 626-3705 · Lancaster County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
209 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 7 | 278 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 51% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Warwick SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
36.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.8% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 36.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Warwick Middle School
Warwick Middle School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Middle School this school | 568 | 36.8% | 53.6% |
| Dallas Middle School Dallas | 589 | 36.2% | 52.9% |
| Crossroads Middle School Lewisberry | 541 | 40.3% | 50.2% |
| Upper Perkiomen Middle School Pennsburg | 672 | 35.0% | 52.8% |
| Boyertown Area MS-West Boyertown | 668 | 39.8% | 51.6% |
| Spring Grove Area Intrmd School Spring Grove | 608 | 38.5% | 51.3% |
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 Warwick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #170 of 479 | #11 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #256 of 513 ▼ 2 | #15 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #130 of 513 ▲ 13 | #7 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #255 of 522 | #10 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #83 of 486 | #9 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #325 of 486 | #25 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #366 of 510 | #20 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #205 of 332 | #9 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
568
-76 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 840
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 568 | 49.9 | 11.4:1 | 37% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 49.5 | 11.9:1 | 35% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 53.8 | 10.7:1 | 35% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 52 | 12.4:1 | 23% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 55.4 | 11.2:1 | 28% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 57 | 11.5:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 24% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 10% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 840 | 47 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warwick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (621 to 568); teachers down 10% (55.4 to 49.9).
About Warwick Middle School
Warwick Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The school covers grades 7 through 9 and reported 568 students in 2024-25.
Warwick Middle School is among 6 schools run by Warwick SD, which serves 3,705 students.
Roughly 84% of students at Warwick Middle School are White. Other students are 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Lancaster County residents are about 82% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Warwick Middle School scores 29%.
There are 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Warwick Middle School, giving a ratio of 11.4:1. The school's 11.4:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. By family income, 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County is 18 points.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Warwick Middle School is 8.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 53.6%. Predicted: 61.8%.
For Lancaster County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $86,959 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Lancaster County number 114, with about 62,719 students.
Of the public schools around it, Warwick Middle School is closest to Warwick SHS, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 61.1%; Warwick Middle School's is 53.6%, ranking 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Warwick Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 12% decrease took enrollment from 644 in 2020-21 to 568 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.4:1 to 11.4:1.
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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 Warwick SD
- Warwick SHSHigh · 1,241 students
- Kissel Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- John R Bonfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Lititz Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- John Beck Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Other schools in Lititz
- Warwick SHSHigh · 1,241 students
- Kissel Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Reidenbaugh Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- John R Bonfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Lititz Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- John Beck Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Other Warwick Middle schools
One other US public school is named Warwick Middle. Warwick Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- WARWICK MIDDLE SCHOOLWarwick, ND · 52 students
Nearby schools
- Warwick SHS0.3 mi · 1,241
- Lititz Elementary School0.8 mi · 439
- John R Bonfield Elementary School1.6 mi · 446
- Kissel Hill Elementary School1.7 mi · 579
- Reidenbaugh Elementary School2.5 mi · 488
- John Beck Elementary School2.6 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Warwick Middle SchoolHow large is Warwick Middle School?
Warwick Middle School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Warwick Middle School serve?
Warwick Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many teachers does Warwick Middle School have?
Warwick Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Warwick Middle School?
At Warwick Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Warwick Middle School in?
Warwick Middle School is part of Warwick SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.