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Enrollment
508
Middle
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH MIDDLETON SD·NCES 422205000455
Yellow Breeches Middle School
30 Academy Street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 · (717) 258-6484 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
188 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 174 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 173 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Yellow Breeches Middle School→Boiling Springs High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Middleton SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.7pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 35.5% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Yellow Breeches Middle School
Yellow Breeches Middle School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Breeches Middle School this school | 508 | 37.0% | 49.1% |
| Walnut Creek Middle School Fairview | 399 | 38.3% | 66.8% |
| Keystone Oaks Middle School Pittsburgh | 442 | 41.0% | 56.8% |
| Chartiers Valley Middle School Bridgeville | 751 | 43.5% | 48.3% |
| South Park Middle School South Park | 580 | 32.2% | 49.2% |
| Pleasant Hills Middle School Pittsburgh | 813 | 28.3% | 66.7% |
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 Yellow Breeches Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #223 of 479 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #274 of 513 ▼ 10 | #7 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #218 of 513 ▼ 58 | #8 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #301 of 522 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #239 of 486 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #276 of 486 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #364 of 510 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #327 of 332 | #6 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
508
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 508 | 39.6 | 12.8:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 40.9 | 12.2:1 | 38% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 37.9 | 12.5:1 | 31% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 27% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 44.5 | 11.5:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 46 | 10.4:1 | 25% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 12% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 6% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yellow Breeches Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (510 to 508); teachers down 11% (44.5 to 39.6).
About Yellow Breeches Middle School
Yellow Breeches Middle School is a public middle school in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 508 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8.
Yellow Breeches Middle School is a school in South Middleton SD. The district has 4 schools and 2,136 students.
White students account for 79% of enrollment at Yellow Breeches Middle School. Other groups include 13% Asian and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 82% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Yellow Breeches Middle School comes in at 36%.
Staffing totals 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 37%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Yellow Breeches Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Yellow Breeches Middle School, the prediction is 61.7% and the result is 49.1%.
Within Cumberland County, median household income is about $87,494, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cumberland County number 57 and enroll about 33,044.
The school nearest to Yellow Breeches Middle School is Boiling Springs High School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Yellow Breeches Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Yellow Breeches Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 508 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 484. Students per teacher rose from 11.8 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
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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 South Middleton SD
- Boiling Springs High SchoolHigh · 707 students
- Iron Forge Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- W.G. Rice Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Other schools in Boiling Springs
- Boiling Springs High SchoolHigh · 707 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Iron Forge Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Boiling Springs High School0.1 mi · 707
- Iron Forge Elementary School0.3 mi · 468
- W.G. Rice Elementary School3.2 mi · 453
- Monroe Elementary School3.3 mi · 512
- Lamberton Middle School3.7 mi · 583
- Mt Holly Springs Elementary School3.7 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Yellow Breeches Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Yellow Breeches Middle School?
Yellow Breeches Middle School enrolls approximately 508 students in grades 06-08.
Is Yellow Breeches Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Yellow Breeches Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Yellow Breeches Middle School have?
Yellow Breeches Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Yellow Breeches Middle School?
Student demographics at Yellow Breeches Middle School are roughly 79% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Yellow Breeches Middle School public or private?
Yellow Breeches Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Middleton SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.