NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Middletown, PA

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6 public K-12 schools in Middletown from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,506
Students
52/100
Avg Resource Index
11.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Middletown has more public-school enrollment than 21% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Middletown lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Middletown's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 16-point gap between Londonderry El Sch and Fink El Sch shows the range hidden by Middletown's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 79%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
90th percentile

Middletown Area Hs accounts for 28.0% of all Middletown public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Middletown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Middletown school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities

Middletown school enrollment ranges from 234 students (lowest) to 702 students (highest), a spread of 468 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Middletown reports 53.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Middletown student-teacher ratio is 11.7:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Londonderry El Sch 62
2. Kunkel El Sch 54
3. Middletown Area Hs 50
4. Middletown Area Ms 50
5. Robert Reid El Sch 50
6. Fink El Sch 46

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Middletown

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Fink El Sch 73.3/100
  2. 2 Middletown Area Ms 66.8/100
  3. 3 Middletown Area Hs 65.2/100
  4. 4 Robert Reid El Sch 61.5/100
  5. 5 Kunkel El Sch 59.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Middletown?

Which Middletown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Londonderry El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Middletown schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Middletown, PA? ▼

Middletown has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,506 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.