Waynesboro Area MS

Waynesboro Area MS, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, run under Waynesboro Area SD, hosts 887 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

Waynesboro Area SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,090 students. Waynesboro Area MS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Waynesboro Area MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Waynesboro Area MS lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Waynesboro Area MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.4%; this one delivers 39.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Franklin County shows median household income runs about $77,003, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students), Waynesboro Area MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Summitview El Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Waynesboro Area MS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

Waynesboro Area MS operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Waynesboro Area MS's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,007 (now 887). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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