High Schools in Middletown Area School District

Summary:

The Middletown Area School District in Pennsylvania has only one high school, Middletown Area High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranking 308th out of 681 Pennsylvania high schools in 2024-2025, 427th out of 686 in 2023-2024, and 341st out of 674 in 2022-2023.

Middletown Area High School's academic performance is mixed, with proficiency rates on the Keystone Exams varying across subjects. In 2024-2025, the school performed better than the district and state averages in Algebra I and Literature, but lower in Biology. In 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were higher than the district and state averages in Algebra I, but lower in Biology and Literature. The school's four-year graduation rate for 2023-2024 was 87.9%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate was 1.4%, relatively low.

The school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 48.97% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. However, the district appears to be allocating significant resources to the school, with a per-student spending of $16,942 in 2022-2023, higher than the state average, and a student-teacher ratio of 14.2 for 2023-2024, slightly lower than the state average.

District Detail

55 W Water St
Middletown, PA 17057-1448

(717) 948-3300

SchoolDigger Rank:
323^rd of 606 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 2,272

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2025)	Keystone Exams Biology (2025)	Keystone Exams Literature (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Middletown Area High School	Public	9-12	1155 N Union St	Middletown	17057	Dauphin County	Middletown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 948-3333	702	52	13.6	50.7%	367 (52.3%)	73 (10.4%)	154 (21.9%)	23 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (12.1%)	58.3	308^th of 681 public high schools	54.8%		45.1	427^th of 686 public high schools	37.8%	119	47.2	47.2	65.7	$18,834	$1,137	$17,697

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Central Dauphin School District	3.48 mi	19	362^nd
Lower Dauphin School District	3.67 mi	8	189^th
Steelton-Highspire School District	4.98 mi	2	586^th
West Shore School District	5.01 mi	14	199^th
Reach Cyber Charter School	5.51 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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