Summary:
Middle-school families in ZIP code 57442 have one listed option, Gettysburg Middle School - 03, serving grades 6–8 with 54 students. Its latest test results are from 2025–2026. The school’s strongest overall finding is that its proficiency results exceed state levels in ELA, math and eighth-grade science.
There is no second school in the list to rank above or below it; compared with the state, Gettysburg is ahead in every reported subject. All-grades proficiency is 66% in ELA versus 49% statewide, a 17-point advantage, and 72% in math versus 44%, a 28-point advantage. Eighth-grade science proficiency is 75%, compared with 41% statewide, a 35-point advantage. The school also exceeds Gettysburg School District 53-1 by 4 points in ELA and 10 points in math. Within the school, eighth-grade math is a high point at 83%; ELA results are more even, ranging from 63% to 68% across grades.
Results improved between the two years reported, especially in math: all-grades ELA rose 6 points, from 60% in 2024–2025 to 66% in 2025–2026, while math rose 15 points, from 57% to 72%. Eighth-grade science increased from 63% to 75%. SchoolDigger ranks Gettysburg 4th of 151 schools statewide, in the 97th percentile, for 2025–2026; earlier rankings were 34th of 246 in 2024–2025 and 8th of 147 in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism is 10% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 20% and essentially level with the district’s 10%. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio is 16.2, and 24% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Because the area list has only one school, it cannot show how Gettysburg compares with nearby school peers.
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