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Enrollment
453
Middle
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER SD·NCES 421314002600
Wheatland Middle School
919 Hamilton Park Dr, Lancaster, PA 17603 · (717) 291-6285 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest 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
9.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
386 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 146 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Wheatland Middle School→McCaskey Campus
Based on grade levels within Lancaster SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
22.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 16.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 Wheatland Middle School
Wheatland Middle School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Middle School this school | 453 | 85.2% | 22.4% |
| Reynolds Middle School Lancaster | 511 | 87.5% | 28.8% |
| Lincoln Middle School Lancaster | 465 | 94.4% | 24.3% |
| South Scranton Intrmd School Scranton | 798 | 97.9% | 18.4% |
| Arts Academy CS Allentown | 296 | 93.2% | 24.9% |
| Northeast Middle School Bethlehem | 715 | 72.6% | 22.3% |
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 Wheatland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #441 of 479 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #443 of 513 ▼ 7 | #23 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #471 of 513 ▼ 15 | #24 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #334 of 522 | #18 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #18 of 486 | #2 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #42 of 486 | #2 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #160 of 510 | #4 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #45 of 332 | #2 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
453
-152 (-25%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
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 | 453 | 47 | 9.6:1 | 85% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 47.4 | 9.4:1 | 86% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 48.8 | 9.1:1 | 93% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 100% (602) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 100% (584) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 100% (558) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 48 | 12.3:1 | 75% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 48% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 42 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheatland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (584 to 453); teachers unchanged (47 to 47).
About Wheatland Middle School
Among the schools in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is Wheatland Middle School, a small middle-grades school. There are 453 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 24% below the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Lancaster SD enrolls 9,901 students, and its 19 schools include Wheatland Middle School.
The largest group at Wheatland Middle School is Hispanic students, at 53%. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 16% White, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 12% of Lancaster County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Based on 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, Wheatland Middle School has a ratio of 9.6:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 3.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 85%. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Lancaster County is 30 points.
Wheatland Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Wheatland Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. It scores 22.4%; the prediction is 41.1%.
Lancaster County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 114 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,719, Wheatland Middle School among them.
Wheatland Middle School's nearest public school is Smith-Wade-El Elementary School (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Wheatland Middle School places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 25% decline took enrollment from 605 in 2020-21 to 453 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.6:1 in 2020-21 to 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Wheatland Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Lancaster SD
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Martin SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 511 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 465 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- McCaskey CampusHigh · 2,600 students
- Manheim Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- Conestoga Valley SHSHigh · 1,304 students
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Manheim Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Gerald G Huesken Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Other Wheatland Middle schools
One other US public school is named Wheatland Middle. Wheatland Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Wheatland Middle SchoolWheatland, WY · 192 students
Nearby schools
- Smith-Wade-El Elementary School0.1 mi · 397
- Price Elementary School0.2 mi · 331
- Lafayette Elementary School0.6 mi · 437
- Reynolds Middle School0.8 mi · 511
- Hamilton Elementary School0.9 mi · 339
- Fulton Elementary School1.1 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Wheatland Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wheatland Middle School?
Wheatland Middle School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wheatland Middle School serve?
Wheatland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wheatland Middle School have?
Wheatland Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wheatland Middle School?
Student demographics at Wheatland Middle School are roughly 16% White, 53% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Wheatland Middle School public or private?
Wheatland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lancaster SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.