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Enrollment
645
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST YORK AREA SD·NCES 422598009971
West York Area Middle School
1700 Bannister St, York, PA 17404 · (717) 845-1671 · York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% 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
11.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
358 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 203 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 33% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
West York Area Middle School→West York Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West York Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
25.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.2% | 25.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.9% | 26.1% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% 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 West York Area Middle School
West York Area Middle School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West York Area Middle School this school | 645 | 55.5% | 34.6% |
| Middletown Area Middle School Middletown | 534 | 60.7% | 38.3% |
| North Hills Elementary School York | 675 | 49.2% | 47.1% |
| Nitschmann Middle School Bethlehem | 731 | 48.8% | 42.5% |
| Gerald G Huesken Middle School Lancaster | 851 | 55.3% | 46.0% |
| Manor Middle School Lancaster | 472 | 51.5% | 56.8% |
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 West York Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #389 of 479 | #22 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #371 of 513 ▲ 5 | #22 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #374 of 513 ▲ 15 | #22 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #205 of 522 | #12 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #110 of 486 | #2 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #58 of 486 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #216 of 510 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #133 of 332 | #3 of 14 |
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
645
-62 (-9%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 645 | 55.4 | 11.7:1 | 56% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 59.4 | 10.9:1 | 55% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 57.6 | 11.7:1 | 53% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 53% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 46.9 | 15.8:1 | 55% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 47% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 770 | 51 | 15.1:1 | 33% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 16% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West York Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (742 to 645); teachers up 18% (46.9 to 55.4).
About West York Area Middle School
West York Area Middle School is the name of a medium-sized middle-grades school in York, Pennsylvania. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 645 students.
Federal data list 5 schools in West York Area SD, with 2,750 students enrolled.
A majority of students at West York Area Middle School, 54%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 81%. West York Area Middle School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At West York Area Middle School, 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Roughly 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 53% average for public schools in York County.
The allk12 Grade for West York Area Middle School is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Pennsylvania, West York Area Middle School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.6% compared with a predicted 53.8%.
York County has about 462,924 residents, and median household income is about $84,829, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of York County number 111 and enroll about 64,242.
The next-closest public school is West York Area High School, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of West York Area Middle School. Its average proficiency rate of 34.6% is below the 34.6% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 707 in 2020-21 and 645 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease.
Discussions about West York Area Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West York Area SD
- West York Area High SchoolHigh · 851 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Trimmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Lincolnway Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Nearby schools
- West York Area High School0.2 mi · 851
- Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy0.6 mi · 388
- Lincoln CS1.2 mi · 653
- Lincolnway Elementary School1.2 mi · 406
- Devers School1.3 mi · 686
- Ferguson School1.4 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About West York Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend West York Area Middle School?
West York Area Middle School enrolls approximately 645 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does West York Area Middle School serve?
West York Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at West York Area Middle School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at West York Area Middle School.
How diverse is West York Area Middle School?
West York Area Middle School reports a student body of 54% White, 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees West York Area Middle School?
West York Area Middle School is overseen by West York Area SD in York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.