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)
421899003727	881	Steel Edward School	Public	PK, KG-8	4301 Wayne Ave	Philadelphia	19140	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3910	336	42	7.9	100.6%	2 (0.6%)	296 (88.1%)	27 (8.0%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$24,065			$13,134			$10,932	4.7	4.9	888	7
421899007517	882	Rhodes E Washington School	Public	K-8	2900 W. Clearfield Street	Philadelphia	19132	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7060	392	30	12.9	100.0%	1 (0.3%)	345 (88.0%)	33 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$22,809			$10,664			$12,145	4.7	4.1	893	11
421899003663	883	Blankenburg Rudolph School	Public	PK, KG-8	4600 W Girard Ave	Philadelphia	19131	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7280	257	26	9.8	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	243 (94.6%)	10 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$23,872			$11,570			$12,303	4.6	5.6	878	5
421158000456	884	Rowland Academy	Public	6-8	1842 Derry Street	Harrisburg	17104	Dauphin County	Harrisburg City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 703-4500	577	31	18.7	100.0%	11 (1.9%)	216 (37.4%)	322 (55.8%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	$19,818			$515			$19,303	4.5	4.9	887	3
421899005187	885	Heston Edward School	Public	PK, KG-8	1621 N 54th St	Philadelphia	19131	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7290	315	29	10.7	100.6%	0 (0.0%)	297 (94.3%)	15 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$24,511			$12,308			$12,203	4.5	5.1	883	2
420011400713	886	New Day Charter School	Public, Charter	7-12	256 South Fifth St	Huntingdon	16652	Huntingdon County	New Day Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(814) 643-7112	158	12	13.1	57.0%	136 (86.1%)	4 (2.5%)	10 (6.3%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	$19,146			$2,340			$16,806	4.5	6.3	869	17
421899003662	887	Blaine James G School	Public	PK, KG-8	3001 W Berks St	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7330	321	33	9.6	100.6%	6 (1.9%)	307 (95.6%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$19,324			$8,653			$10,671	4.4	7.3	841	46
420083507354	888	ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6301 N. 2nd Street	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(267) 297-1883	957	72	13.3	82.8%	23 (2.4%)	167 (17.5%)	746 (78.0%)	15 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	$18,924			$4,416			$14,508	4.3	4.8	889	1
420001100272	889	Keystone Education Center Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	425 South Good Hope Road	Greenville	16125	Mercer County	Keystone Education Center Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(724) 588-2511	182	17	10.5	99.5%	121 (66.5%)	39 (21.4%)	6 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.8%)	$20,641			$5,012			$15,629	4.2	7.1	854	35
420586010026	890	Edgmont Scholars Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1450 Edgmont Ave	Chester	19013	Delaware County	Chester-Upland School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(610) 872-1358	478	27	17.7	99.0%	15 (3.1%)	420 (87.9%)	34 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)								4.1	7.7	834	56

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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.
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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.