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Miseducation » Pennsylvania » Middletown Area School District

Middletown Area HS

1155 N Union St, Middletown, PA 17057 | (717) 948-3333 | High School

646 Students | 52 Teachers

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School Composition
7% Black
11% Hispanic
73% White
2% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian
7% Two or More Races

Black

Hispanic

White

Asian

Two+ Races

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in schools across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Discipline

4.7x 

students of Two or More Races are 4.7 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Black students are 4.7 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 4.1 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White student suspensions is not available.

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Opportunity

Schools offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students at this school.


AP Course Composition
4% Black
87% White
4% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian
4% Two or More Races

Black

White

Asian

Two+ Races


Gifted & Talented Composition
6% Hispanic
88% White
6% Two or More Races

Hispanic

White

Two+ Races

This School

District

State

Students

27% Nonwhite Students

School: 27%

District Avg: 32%

State Avg: 33%

0

100%

44% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

School: 44%

District Avg: 52%

State Avg: 47%

0

100%

90% - 94% High School Graduation Rate

School: 90% - 94%

District Avg: 90% - 94%

State Avg: 86%

0

100%

5% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

32 students

School: 5%

District Avg: 2%

State Avg: 4%

0

100%

7% Students Taking an AP Course

46 students

School: 7%

District Avg: 7%

State Avg: 16%

0

100%

11% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

70 students

School: 11%

District Avg: 11%

State Avg: 22%

0

100%

5% Students Enrolled in Physics

33 students

School: 5%

District Avg: 5%

State Avg: 11%

0

100%

21% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

138 students

School: 21%

District Avg: 21%

State Avg: 17%

0

100%

15% Students Enrolled in Geometry

95 students

School: 15%

District Avg: 15%

State Avg: 18%

0

100%

25% Students Enrolled in Biology

159 students

School: 25%

District Avg: 25%

State Avg: 29%

0

100%

12% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

78 students

School: 12%

District Avg: 12%

State Avg: 21%

0

100%

2%

Lowest 10% in the district

Students Enrolled in Calculus

10 students

School: 2%

District Avg: 2%

State Avg: 6%

0

100%

Teachers & Resources

12.4 Students for Every Teacher

12.4

School

12.8

District Avg

14.2

State Avg

17% Inexperienced Teachers

School: 17%

District Avg: 13%

State Avg: 9%

0

100%

21% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

School: 21%

District Avg: 28%

State Avg: 34%

0

100%

11 Total AP Courses

11

School

11

District Avg

9.8

State Avg

2.9 Social Workers, Psychologists & School Counselors

This is a decimal because of part-time workers.

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District

State

The students at this school have access to:

Credit Recovery Program

Dual Enrollment Program

Gifted & Talented Program

... but do not have access to:

International Baccalaureate

Discipline

Schools differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this school punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.


Out-of-School Suspension Composition
18% Black
24% Hispanic
39% White
18% Two or More Races

Black

Hispanic

White

Two+ Races


Expulsion Composition
33% Black
67% White

Black

White

This School

District

State

Students

33 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

5% of all students at this school

33

School

85

District Total

103.7K

State Total

26 Total In-School Suspended Students

4% of all students at this school

26

School

88

District Total

66.2K

State Total

6 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students at this school

6

School

6

District Total

2,994

State Total
Outcomes & Resources

298 Total Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension

298

School

72

District Avg

113.6

State Avg

Not Available Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

20

Highest 10% in the district

Total Arrests

20

School

7

District Avg

1.9

State Avg

22 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

22

School

9

District Avg

7.3

State Avg

4 Total Transfers to Alternative Schools

4

School

0

District Avg

0.6

State Avg

0 Total Security Guards & Law Enforcement Officers

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District

State

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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