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Enrollment
604
Middle
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLISLE AREA SD·NCES 420501007010
Wilson Middle School
900 Waggoner's Gap Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013 · (717) 240-6800 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
14.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
319 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 212 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Wilson Middle School→Carlisle Area High School
Based on grade levels within Carlisle Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
23.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 20.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Wilson Middle School
Wilson Middle School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Middle School this school | 604 | 52.8% | 38.2% |
| East Pennsboro Area Middle School Enola | 618 | 50.0% | 43.2% |
| James S Wilson Middle School Erie | 547 | 51.4% | 53.1% |
| Shippensburg Area Middle School Shippensburg | 851 | 58.5% | 43.4% |
| Upper Moreland Middle School Hatboro | 830 | 43.9% | 54.2% |
| Northeastern Middle School Mount Wolf | 595 | 51.4% | 40.5% |
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 Wilson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #357 of 479 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #388 of 513 ▲ 29 | #10 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #296 of 513 ▲ 7 | #10 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #232 of 522 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #335 of 486 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #54 of 486 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #235 of 510 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #329 of 332 | #7 of 7 |
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
604
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 604 | 43.1 | 14.0:1 | 53% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 44.7 | 12.9:1 | 55% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 44.9 | 12.9:1 | 51% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 51% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 43.2 | 14.0:1 | 39% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 36% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 44 | 12.3:1 | 31% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 23% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 44 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (606 to 604); teachers unchanged (43.2 to 43.1).
About Wilson Middle School
Wilson Middle School is a mid-sized middle school serving families in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 604 students in 2024-25.
Wilson Middle School is in Carlisle Area SD, a district with 5,087 students across 10 schools.
Of every 100 students at Wilson Middle School, about 56 are White. The rest of enrollment is 13% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Cumberland County, the White share is about 82%. The diversity index for Wilson Middle School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1. The school reported 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 12 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilson Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
The model predicts 55.0% for a school in Pennsylvania with Wilson Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Wilson Middle School posts 38.2%.
Census data for Cumberland County show median household income comes to about $87,494, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 57 public schools and about 33,044 students.
Bellaire Elementary School is the nearest public school to Wilson Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Wilson Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wilson Middle School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Wilson Middle School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 28 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Wilson Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carlisle Area SD
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Mooreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Carlisle
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Middlesex Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other Wilson Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Wilson Middle. Wilson Middle School is the 7th largest of the 16.
- Wilson Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 840 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolPLANO, TX · 813 students
- Wilson MiddleNatick, MA · 727 students
- Wilson MiddleSan Diego, CA · 712 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Bellaire Elementary School0.2 mi · 407
- Carlisle Area High School0.3 mi · 1,559
- Crestview Elementary School1.1 mi · 541
- Mooreland Elementary School1.1 mi · 372
- Hamilton Elementary School1.1 mi · 388
- Letort Elementary School1.5 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Middle SchoolHow large is Wilson Middle School?
Wilson Middle School enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wilson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wilson Middle School have?
Wilson Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilson Middle School?
Student demographics at Wilson Middle School are roughly 56% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Wilson Middle School public or private?
Wilson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carlisle Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.