Summary:
The Wallenpaupack Area School District in Pennsylvania has one middle school, Wallenpaupack Area Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. While the school has some academic strengths, such as relatively high proficiency rates in PSSA Science and English Language Arts, it also faces challenges, particularly in PSSA Math proficiency, which is below the state average.
Wallenpaupack Area Middle School has an enrollment of 644 students and a 58.7% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating a relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students. The school's overall PSSA Math proficiency rate is 35.5%, compared to the state average of 40.4%, while its PSSA Science proficiency rate of 58.9% is above the state average of 54.5%. In PSSA English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rate of 56.1% is also above the state average of 53%.
The school's ranking has declined over the past three years, from 271 in 2021-2022 to 333 out of 891 Pennsylvania middle schools in the 2023-2024 school year, with a 3-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger. This trend suggests the need for the school to focus on improving its academic performance, particularly in mathematics, and addressing the unique challenges faced by its economically disadvantaged student population.
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