Summary:
Pittston Area School District has one middle school, Pittston Area Middle School, serving grades 6-8. The school's academic performance lags behind state averages in Pennsylvania, particularly in Math and English Language Arts, but it performs better in Science. Pittston Area Middle School faces challenges related to its high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant economic challenges in the student population.
Pittston Area Middle School is ranked 562 out of 891 Pennsylvania middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance has been relatively consistent over the past few years, with rankings ranging from 481 to 562. In 2023-2024, the school's Math proficiency rate was 19.5% compared to the state average of 40.4%, and its ELA proficiency rate was 44.5% compared to the state average of 53%. However, the school performs better in Science, with an 8th-grade proficiency rate of 63.3% compared to the state average of 54.5%.
The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 55.19% in the 2022-2023 school year, suggests that the school serves a population with significant economic challenges. The district's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $11,797, and the school's student-teacher ratio is 17.6, slightly higher than the state average. Despite these challenges, the school maintains a relatively low dropout rate of 1.6% in the 2022-2023 school year.
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