Best Middle Schools in Pennsylvania

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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)
421899003684	721	Brown Henry A School	Public	PK, KG-8	1946 E Sergeant St	Philadelphia	19125	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7490	313	28	11	100.0%	50 (16.0%)	48 (15.3%)	167 (53.4%)	35 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.2%)	$21,900			$10,275			$11,625	17.1	24.8	652	69
421899003668	722	Samuel Gompers School	Public	K-8	5701 Wynnefield Ave	Philadelphia	19131	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7250	251	22	11.2	100.0%	3 (1.2%)	232 (92.4%)	9 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$22,869			$11,051			$11,818	17	24.2	656	66
421899003687	723	Dunbar Paul L School	Public	PK, KG-8	1750 N 12th St	Philadelphia	19122	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7410	239	25	9.7	100.0%	5 (2.1%)	210 (87.9%)	21 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$23,719			$10,918			$12,801	17	9.4	807	84
420014000896	724	Agora Cyber Charter School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1018 West 8th Avenue	King of Prussia	19406	Montgomery County	Agora Cyber Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(610) 230-0775	4,957	411	12		2,230 (45.0%)	1,603 (32.3%)	794 (16.0%)	67 (1.4%)	22 (0.4%)	13 (0.3%)	228 (4.6%)	$19,631			$1,848			$17,783	16.9	17.4	709	15
421917000414	725	Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8	Public, Magnet	6-8	810 Arch Street	Pittsburgh	15212	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(412) 529-4115	156	16	10	100.0%	13 (8.3%)	118 (75.6%)	2 (1.3%)	8 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.6%)	$25,337			$3,260			$22,078	16.4	15.7	725
421899006913	726	Fitler Academics Plus	Public	K-8	140 W Seymour St	Philadelphia	19144	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3610	162	17	9.3	100.0%	1 (0.6%)	159 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$22,036			$10,827			$11,209	16.4	41.2	542	184
420075206095	727	Propel Cs-Montour	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	340 Bilmar Drive	Pittsburgh	15205	Allegheny County	Propel CS-Montour	Yes	No	No	Yes	(412) 325-7305	791	58	13.6		220 (27.8%)	427 (54.0%)	17 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	119 (15.0%)	$18,531			$2,272			$16,260	16.4	10.5	789	62
421344002754	728	Lebanon Middle School	Public	6-8	350 N 8th St	Lebanon	17046	Lebanon County	Lebanon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 273-9391	1,027	74	13.9	100.0%	192 (18.7%)	44 (4.3%)	749 (72.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.0%)	$11,291			$761			$10,530	16.3	15.5	728
420636010023	729	Columbia Middle School Hill Campus	Public	7-8	901 Ironville Pike	Columbia	17512	Lancaster County	Columbia Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(717) 684-7500	200	15	13.4	93.5%	87 (43.5%)	13 (6.5%)	80 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (10.0%)								16.1	12.8	759	30
420083207361	730	Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	675 E Broad Street	Bethlehem	18018	Northampton County	Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(610) 419-3120	456	25	18.2	99.3%	7 (1.5%)	12 (2.6%)	437 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,934			$2,839			$12,095	15.9	17.5	706	24

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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.