Middletown Area High School

Public school in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States

40°12′41″N 76°44′16″W / 40.2115°N 76.7378°W / 40.2115; -76.7378InformationTypePublicSchool districtMiddletown Area School DistrictPrincipalChristopher SatteleFaculty52 (2011)^[1]Grades9-12Enrollment653 (2015–16)^[2]LanguageEnglishColor(s)Blue and GoldMascotBlue RaiderFeeder schoolsMiddletown Area Middle SchoolWebsitehttp://www.raiderweb.org/

Middletown Area High School is a small, suburban, public high school in Middletown, Pennsylvania. It is the only high school operated by Middletown Area School District. Middletown Area High School serves: the boroughs of Middletown and Royalton and Lower Swatara Township in Dauphin County. In the 2015–2016 school year, enrollment was 653 pupils in 9th through 12th grades.^[2]

Extracurriculars

Middletown Area High School offers students a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.^[3] The district mascot is a Blue Raider and the colors are blue and gold. The school's marching band is the Blue Wave Marching Band.

Sports

In 2001, the boys soccer team won the Class AA State title. In 2016, the football team set a new record of wins in a season. The team went 14-1, with their only loss to Beaver Falls in the Class AAA State Championship game.^[4] The 2017 team would tie that record, only falling to Quaker Valley in the Class AAA State Championship. The District funds 17 varsity sports:

Boys

Baseball - AAAA
Basketball - AAAA
Cross Country - AA
Football - AAA
Golf - AA
Soccer - AA
Tennis - AA
Track and Field - AAA
Wrestling - AA

Girls

Basketball - AAA
Cheerleading
Cross Country - AA
Field Hockey - A
Soccer - AA
Softball - AAA
Tennis - AA
Track and Field - AA
Volleyball - AA

According to PIAA directory January 2017^[5]

References

^ National Center for Education Statistics (2011). "Common Core of Data Middletown Area High School".
^ ^a ^b "Middletown Area HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
^ Pennsylvania Department of Education (2013). "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities".
^ Epler, Eric. "Middletown denied its first PIAA football title, falls to WPIAL champ Beaver Falls in Class 3A title game". PennLive. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ "Middletown Area High School". PIAA. PIAA. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Schools

Main School Districts
Central Dauphin	Central Dauphin High School Central Dauphin East High School
Derry Township	Hershey High School
Halifax Area	Halifax Area High School
Harrisburg	Harrisburg High School Harrisburg University of Science and Technology High School
Lower Dauphin	Lower Dauphin High School
Middletown Area	Middletown Area High School
Millersburg	Millersburg Area High School
Steelton-Highspire	Steelton-Highspire High School
Susquehanna Township	Susquehanna Township High School
Upper Dauphin	Upper Dauphin Area High School

Other Schools
Charter schools	Capital Area School for the Arts
Private schools	Berrysburg Christian Academy Covenant Christian Academy Emmanuel Wesleyan Academy Harrisburg Christian School Middletown Christian School Milton Hershey School Wordsworth Academy
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg	Bishop McDevitt High School
Susquenita School District (partially located in Perry County)	Susquenita High School
Williams Valley School District (partially located in Schuylkill County)	Williams Valley Junior/Senior High School