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)
421701000080	31	Marshall Middle School	Public	6-8	5145 Wexford Run Rd	Wexford	15090	Allegheny County	North Allegheny School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 934-6060	820	63	12.9	6.5%	474 (57.8%)	10 (1.2%)	37 (4.5%)	261 (31.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.5%)	$18,001			$271			$17,730	94.9	97	14	17
421986000447	32	Quaker Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	618 Harbaugh Street	Sewickley	15143	Allegheny County	Quaker Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 749-5079	433	43	10	21.9%	364 (84.1%)	12 (2.8%)	16 (3.7%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.4%)	$22,858			$444			$22,414	94.8	96.6	18	14
421917007014	33	Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12	Public	6-12	111 9th St	Pittsburgh	15222	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 529-6100	826	52	16	100.0%	498 (60.3%)	215 (26.0%)	19 (2.3%)	17 (2.1%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	73 (8.8%)	$26,123			$3,361			$22,762	94.6	92	45	12
420531004678	34	Unami Middle School	Public	7-9	160 South Moyer Rd	Chalfont	18914	Bucks County	Central Bucks School District	No	No	No	No	(267) 893-3400	778	54	14.2	9.3%	547 (70.3%)	21 (2.7%)	37 (4.8%)	148 (19.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.0%)	$18,229			$240			$17,988	94.4	90.8	53	19
420957002032	35	Fairview Middle School	Public	5-8	4967 Avonia Rd	Fairview	16415	Erie County	Fairview School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 474-2600	598	39	15.5	29.3%	507 (84.8%)	6 (1.0%)	17 (2.8%)	37 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.2%)	$12,742			$80			$12,662	94.2	93.1	37	2
420285000314	36	Pine-Richland Middle School	Public	7-8	100 Logan Rd	Gibsonia	15044	Allegheny County	Pine-Richland School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 625-3111	696	57	12.2	6.5%	589 (84.6%)	7 (1.0%)	20 (2.9%)	58 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (3.0%)	$17,783			$636			$17,147	94.1	95.6	23	13
422260001949	37	Richardson Middle School	Public	6-8	20 W Woodland Ave	Springfield	19064	Delaware County	Springfield School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 938-6300	1,102	73	15	24.1%	838 (76.0%)	90 (8.2%)	45 (4.1%)	93 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (3.3%)	$16,341			$362			$15,978	94	92.7	39	2
422109006413	38	Scranton High School	Public	7-12	63 Munchak Way	Scranton	18508	Lackawanna County	Scranton School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 348-3481	1,819	94	19.4	99.8%	657 (36.1%)	288 (15.8%)	637 (35.0%)	118 (6.5%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (0.6%)	107 (5.9%)	$13,374			$416			$12,957	93.8	89.3	69	31
422277006234	39	Park Forest Middle School	Public	6-8	2180 School Dr	State College	16803	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 272-8217	808	60	13.3	15.3%	629 (77.8%)	15 (1.9%)	26 (3.2%)	84 (10.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (6.1%)	$21,402			$463			$20,939	93.7	91.2	51	12
421866004492	40	Penn Middle School	Public	6-8	1007 Penn Middle Way	Jeannette	15644	Westmoreland County	Penn-Trafford School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 744-4431	507	37	13.6	25.2%	470 (92.7%)	8 (1.6%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	18 (3.6%)	$14,334			$394			$13,941	93.6	94.5	29	11

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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.