Best Middle Schools in Pennsylvania

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 893)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
420012400818	641	Montessori Regional Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2549 West 8th Street	Erie	16505	Erie County	Montessori Regional Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(814) 833-7771	583	36	16.1	100.0%	345 (59.2%)	84 (14.4%)	70 (12.0%)	22 (3.8%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (9.8%)	$12,247			$1,572			$10,675	26.9			(n/a)
420540001744	642	Central Dauphin East Middle School	Public	6-8	628 Rutherford Rd	Harrisburg	17109	Dauphin County	Central Dauphin School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 545-4709	779	50	15.6	99.2%	157 (20.2%)	253 (32.5%)	147 (18.9%)	142 (18.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (9.8%)	$15,056			$768			$14,288	26.7	35.8	580	62
422109006791	643	West Scranton Intrmd School	Public	5-8	1401 Fellows St	Scranton	18504	Lackawanna County	Scranton School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 348-3475	862	56	15.4	99.9%	336 (39.0%)	123 (14.3%)	317 (36.8%)	18 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	64 (7.4%)	$14,678			$625			$14,053	26.4	26	632	11
422595006986	644	Wyoming Valley West Middle School	Public	6-8	201 Chester Street	Kingston	18704	Luzerne County	Wyoming Valley West School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 287-2131	1,191	76	15.5	100.0%	680 (57.1%)	165 (13.9%)	232 (19.5%)	9 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	101 (8.5%)	$10,220			$166			$10,054	26.3	28.6	618	26
422191007668	645	South Allegheny Middle School	Public	6-8	2743 Washington Blvd	McKeesport	15133	Allegheny County	South Allegheny School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 675-3070	313	24	13	99.7%	236 (75.4%)	32 (10.2%)	13 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.9%)	$21,143			$1,083			$20,060	26.3	28.9	615	30
421674007544	646	Valley Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	703 Stevenson Blvd	New Kensington	15068	Westmoreland County	New Kensington-Arnold School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 337-4536	869	58	14.9	90.0%	397 (45.7%)	290 (33.4%)	23 (2.6%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	153 (17.6%)	$15,675			$1,470			$14,206	26	17.8	701	55
420082807351	647	Mastery Cs-Harrity Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	5601 Christian Street	Philadelphia	19143	Philadelphia County	Mastery CS-Harrity Campus	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 471-2908	813	47	17.2		4 (0.5%)	764 (94.0%)	19 (2.3%)	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.6%)	$20,367			$5,669			$14,697	25.9	18.2	693	46
421917000326	648	Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1550 Breining St	Pittsburgh	15226	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(412) 529-7760	558	40	14	97.8%	216 (38.7%)	213 (38.2%)	19 (3.4%)	34 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	74 (13.3%)	$26,020			$3,348			$22,672	25.7	19.9	675	27
420540001742	649	Swatara Middle School	Public	6-8	1101 Highland St	Steelton	17113	Dauphin County	Central Dauphin School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 939-9363	539	44	12.3	98.7%	115 (21.3%)	167 (31.0%)	117 (21.7%)	71 (13.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (12.4%)	$14,598			$557			$14,041	25.7	26.4	631	18
421620000827	650	Muhlenberg Junior High School	Public	7-9	801 E Bellevue Ave	Reading	19605	Berks County	Muhlenberg School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 921-8034	1,013	66	15.4	100.0%	241 (23.8%)	61 (6.0%)	650 (64.2%)	16 (1.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (4.1%)	$13,409			$1,573			$11,836	25.1	25	640	10

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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 8, 2023, 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.