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 School District is a small, suburban, public school district located in Middletown, Pennsylvania serving students in a portion of southern Dauphin County. The district includes the boroughs of Middletown and Royalton and Lower ...
. 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.
Extracurriculars
Middletown Area High School offers students a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. 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
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team won the Class AA State title. In 2016, the
football
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team set a new record of wins in a season. The team went 14-1, with their only loss to
Beaver Falls
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in the Class AAA State Championship game. 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
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- AAA
*
Golf - AA
*
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- AA
*
Tennis - AA
*
Track and Field - AAA
*
Wrestling - AA
;Girls:
*
Basketball - AAA
*
Cheerleading
*
Cross Country - AA
*
Field Hockey - A
*
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- AA
*
Softball - AAA
*
Tennis - AA
*
Track and Field - AA
*
Volleyball - AA
According to PIAA directory January 2017
References
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Public high schools in Pennsylvania
Schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Valley