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Enrollment
743
Middle
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK SUBURBAN SD·NCES 422685004657
York Suburban Middle School
455 Sundale Dr, York, PA 17402 · (717) 885-1260 · York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
331 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 247 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
York Suburban Middle School→York Suburban SHS
Based on grade levels within York Suburban SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 | 65.5% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 41.0% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 York Suburban Middle School
York Suburban Middle School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| York Suburban Middle School this school | 743 | 44.5% | 56.5% |
| Sinking Springs Elementary School York | 641 | 41.5% | 61.7% |
| Central York Middle School York | 844 | 46.6% | 49.1% |
| Upper Moreland Middle School Hatboro | 830 | 43.9% | 54.2% |
| North Hills Elementary School York | 675 | 49.2% | 47.1% |
| Lamberton Middle School Carlisle | 583 | 44.6% | 43.4% |
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 York Suburban Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #135 of 479 | #4 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #172 of 513 ▲ 27 | #7 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #107 of 513 ▼ 14 | #1 of 22 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #149 of 522 | #7 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #241 of 486 | #6 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #122 of 486 | #6 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #309 of 510 | #11 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #242 of 332 | #9 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
743
+74 (+11%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
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 | 743 | 57.9 | 12.8:1 | 45% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 743 | 55.1 | 13.5:1 | 45% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 51.4 | 13.9:1 | 40% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 41% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 55.1 | 14.4:1 | 30% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 31% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 51 | 13.5:1 | 24% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 9% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 41 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for York Suburban Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (792 to 743); teachers up 5% (55.1 to 57.9).
About York Suburban Middle School
York Suburban Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in York, Pennsylvania, under York Suburban SD. It teaches 743 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 25% more students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
Within York Suburban SD, York Suburban Middle School is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 2,840 students.
The largest group at York Suburban Middle School is White students, at 64%. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in York County, the White share is about 81%. The diversity index for York Suburban Middle School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
York Suburban Middle School reports a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher, from 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.2:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at York Suburban Middle School, 45% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in York County, the school's rate is lower.
York Suburban Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
York Suburban Middle School scores 56.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.5%.
For York County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to 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 county has 111 public schools and about 64,242 students.
Of the public schools around it, York Suburban Middle School is closest to East York Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. York Suburban Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. York Suburban Middle School ranks 3rd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.5% against a local average of 50.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
An 11% gain took enrollment from 669 in 2020-21 to 743 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the York Suburban Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 York Suburban SD
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
- East York Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Yorkshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Indian Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 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
- East York Elementary School0.4 mi · 321
- Yorkshire Elementary School0.6 mi · 317
- Davis School1.4 mi · 530
- Pennwood Cyber CS1.5 mi · 493
- North Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 675
- York Suburban SHS1.7 mi · 859
Frequently asked questions
About York Suburban Middle SchoolHow large is York Suburban Middle School?
York Suburban Middle School enrolls approximately 743 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does York Suburban Middle School serve?
York Suburban Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at York Suburban Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at York Suburban Middle School is approximately 12.8:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at York Suburban Middle School?
At York Suburban Middle School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is York Suburban Middle School public or private?
York Suburban Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by York Suburban SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.