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How has Waynesboro Area MS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
887
Middle
DISTRICT 682 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNESBORO AREA SD·NCES 422511007619
Waynesboro Area Middle School
702 E 2nd St, Waynesboro, PA 17268 · (717) 762-1191 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL887 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
14.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
521 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 6 | 315 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 263 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 309 | 35% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Waynesboro Area Middle School→Waynesboro Area Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Waynesboro Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
31.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 28.5% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Waynesboro Area Middle School
Waynesboro Area Middle School's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro Area Middle School this school | 887 | 58.7% | 39.1% |
| Ringgold Middle School Monongahela | 738 | 49.7% | 32.4% |
| Indiana Area Junior High School Indiana | 628 | 50.8% | 56.0% |
| Trinity Middle School Washington | 759 | 46.1% | 53.9% |
| Laurel Highlands Middle School Uniontown | 662 | 47.1% | 38.2% |
| Ephrata Middle School Ephrata | 601 | 53.1% | 45.9% |
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 Waynesboro Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #351 of 479 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #323 of 513 ▲ 31 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #342 of 513 ▲ 42 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 887 | #77 of 522 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #369 of 486 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #345 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #200 of 510 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #144 of 332 | N/A |
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
887
-184 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 887 | 61.6 | 14.4:1 | 59% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 936 | 61.9 | 15.1:1 | 56% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 990 | 65.7 | 15.1:1 | 54% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 1,071 | 61 | 17.6:1 | 53% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 1,007 | 61.2 | 16.4:1 | 49% (491) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waynesboro Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,007 to 887); teachers up 1% (61.2 to 61.6).
About Waynesboro Area Middle School
Among the schools in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, is Waynesboro Area Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It teaches 887 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
Waynesboro Area SD, which runs Waynesboro Area Middle School, has 6 schools and 4,090 students.
Waynesboro Area Middle School is 85% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Franklin County, where about 87% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Waynesboro Area Middle School scores 26%.
Waynesboro Area Middle School lists 61.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1. About 59% of students at Waynesboro Area Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 69% average for public schools in Franklin County is 9 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Waynesboro Area Middle School lands at C, ahead of 25% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Waynesboro Area Middle School is -13.3 points: 39.1% actual, 52.4% predicted.
Franklin County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $77,003, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 41 public schools in the county, enrolling about 21,432, Waynesboro Area Middle School among them.
Waynesboro Area Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Summitview Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Waynesboro Area Middle School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 184 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 17.6:1 in 2020-21 and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Waynesboro Area Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
157,379
Census ACS
Median income
$77,003
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
21,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waynesboro Area SD
- Waynesboro Area Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mowrey Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Summitview Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Hooverville Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Other schools in Waynesboro
- Waynesboro Area Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mowrey Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Summitview Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Hooverville Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Summitview Elementary School0.2 mi · 363
- Waynesboro Area Senior High School0.2 mi · 1,392
- Fairview Elementary School1.4 mi · 597
- Hooverville Elementary School1.7 mi · 317
- Cascade Elementary4.6 mi · 137
- Mowrey Elementary School4.7 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Waynesboro Area Middle SchoolHow large is Waynesboro Area Middle School?
Waynesboro Area Middle School enrolls approximately 887 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Waynesboro Area Middle School serve?
Waynesboro Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waynesboro Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waynesboro Area Middle School is approximately 14.4:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Waynesboro Area Middle School?
Waynesboro Area Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Waynesboro Area Middle School public or private?
Waynesboro Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Waynesboro Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.