Best Middle Schools in Pennsylvania

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSSA test scores by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 891)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
422157001729	371	Shippensburg Area Middle School	Public	6-8	101 Park Place	Shippensburg	17257	Cumberland County	Shippensburg Area School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 530-2750	846	61	13.9	58.9%	607 (71.7%)	53 (6.3%)	81 (9.6%)	67 (7.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	34 (4.0%)	$12			$01			$12	59.7	55.2	413	42
421858005143	372	Northley Middle School	Public	6-8	2801 Concord Road	Aston	19014	Delaware County	Penn-Delco School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 497-6300	748	53	14	35.4%	587 (78.5%)	56 (7.5%)	41 (5.5%)	24 (3.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.9%)	$16,304			$597			$15,707	59.7	66.3	289	83
421272001486	373	Keystone Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	700 Beatty Avenue	Knox	16232	Clarion County	Keystone School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 797-1261	429	35	12.4	39.9%	412 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	$18,232			$1,545			$16,688	59.5	50.3	467	94
421536006682	374	Millersburg Area Middle School	Public	6-8	799 Center St	Millersburg	17061	Dauphin County	Millersburg Area School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 692-2108	151	14	11.1	40.4%	136 (90.1%)	2 (1.3%)	4 (2.6%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.0%)	$16,488			$165			$16,324	59.5	47.5	499	125
421641001077	375	Poquessing Middle School	Public	5-8	300 Heights Ln	Feasterville Trevose	19053	Bucks County	Neshaminy School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 809-6210	946	56	17	46.1%	720 (76.1%)	13 (1.4%)	68 (7.2%)	73 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	70 (7.4%)	$17,223			$253			$16,970	59.1	61.1	343	32
420267007466	376	Harlan Rowe Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Wildcat Way	Athens	18810	Bradford County	Athens Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 888-7766	464	38	12	100.0%	407 (87.7%)	15 (3.2%)	27 (5.8%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	$16,454			$381			$16,073	58.7	51.5	451	75
421746000964	377	Northeast Bradford Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	526 Panther Lane	Rome	18837	Bradford County	Northeast Bradford School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 744-2521	337	25	13.4	48.1%	314 (93.2%)	3 (0.9%)	16 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$18,767			$678			$18,088	58.7	61	346	31
420010100656	378	Avon Grove Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	110 East State St	West Grove	19390	Chester County	Avon Grove Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(484) 667-5000	1,890	128	14.8	41.0%	1,287 (68.1%)	141 (7.5%)	340 (18.0%)	25 (1.3%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (4.9%)	$15,324			$934			$14,390	58.7	70.6	238	140
421217006508	379	Prospect Park School	Public	1-8	10th & Pennsylvania Avenues	Prospect Park	19076	Delaware County	Interboro School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 237-6420	561	39	14.4	54.7%	359 (64.0%)	66 (11.8%)	54 (9.6%)	42 (7.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.6%)	$18,600			$1,078			$17,522	58.6	49.7	473	94
422583007490	380	New Cumberland Middle School	Public	6-8	331 8th St	New Cumberland	17070	York County	West Shore School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 774-0162	538	43	12.5	47.4%	344 (63.9%)	54 (10.0%)	83 (15.4%)	22 (4.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.8%)	$18,324			$1,097			$17,227	58.5	47.8	495	115

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSSA Math, PSSA English Language Arts, PSSA Science test scores released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 13, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.