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Hershey Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
500 Homestead Rd
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone
(717) 531-2222
District
DERRY TOWNSHIP SD
County
DAUPHIN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
767
Classroom Teachers
67

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.4% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Hershey Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
69%
44%
81%
56%
56%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
67%
42%
82%
58%
52%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
68%
39%
86%
56%
49%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 235 30.6%
Grade 7 251 32.7%
Grade 8 281 36.6%
Total 767 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.4% 69.6% 65.3%
Black 7.3% 6.2% 15.4%
Hispanic 9.3% 8.9% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 14.7% 14.8% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.4% 23.8% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 23.3% 22.5% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.0% 1.3% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 24,780 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 906.0 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.4% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.1% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 19.0% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,686 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.9% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 51.4% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 24.6% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.9% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 22.4% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.7% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.9% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,066 $35,311,528 54.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $928 $3,255,424 5.0%
Staff $733 $2,571,364 4.0%
General Administration $420 $1,473,360 2.3%
School Administration $677 $2,374,916 3.7%
Operation $2,367 $8,303,436 12.8%
Transportation $521 $1,827,668 2.8%
Other $821 $2,880,068 4.4%
Total Support $6,467 $22,686,236 35.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,957 $6,865,156 10.6%
Total Expenditures $18,491 $64,866,428 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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