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)
421728003322	101	Pennbrook Middle School	Public	7-9	1201 East Walnut Street	North Wales	19454	Montgomery County	North Penn School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 699-9287	807	65	12.3	25.0%	497 (61.6%)	53 (6.6%)	39 (4.8%)	152 (18.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (8.1%)	$19,858			$519			$19,340	85.3	83	112	11
420486000289	102	Camp Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	2401 Chestnut St	Camp Hill	17011	Cumberland County	Camp Hill School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 901-2450	298	26	11.2	22.5%	236 (79.2%)	10 (3.4%)	29 (9.7%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	$17,626			$579			$17,047	85.2	80	140	38
421101005117	103	Greencastle-Antrim Middle School	Public	6-8	370 South Ridge Ave	Greencastle	17225	Franklin County	Greencastle-Antrim School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 597-3226	689	45	15.4	37.3%	592 (85.9%)	15 (2.2%)	37 (5.4%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (5.2%)	$11,809			$00			$11,809	85.1	79.1	148	45
421044007566	104	Freeport Area Middle School	Public	6-8	629 South Pike Rd.	Sarver	16055	Butler County	Freeport Area School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 295-9020	426	31	13.7	28.4%	414 (97.2%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$14,874			$414			$14,460	85	89.3	64	40
420279005216	105	Avon Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	257 State Rd	West Grove	19390	Chester County	Avon Grove School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 869-3022	819	56	14.7	30.0%	557 (68.0%)	7 (0.9%)	218 (26.6%)	16 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.6%)	$14,757			$708			$14,048	84.9	91	54	51
421311006297	106	Martin Meylin Middle School	Public	6-8	1600 Book Rd	Lampeter	17537	Lancaster County	Lampeter-Strasburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 464-3311	639	48	13.3	24.7%	506 (79.2%)	15 (2.3%)	68 (10.6%)	12 (1.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.5%)	$16,879			$332			$16,547	84.9	86	92	14
421065005225	107	James W Parker Middle School	Public	5-8	11781 Edinboro Rd	Edinboro	16412	Erie County	General McLane School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 273-1033	652	41	15.7	41.0%	606 (92.9%)	6 (0.9%)	10 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.0%)	$14,325			$307			$14,018	84.9	86.8	82	25
421884001113	108	William Penn Middle School	Public	6-8	1524 Derbyshire Rd	Yardley	19067	Bucks County	Pennsbury School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 428-4280	922	83	11.1	31.9%	668 (72.5%)	61 (6.6%)	71 (7.7%)	51 (5.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (7.5%)	$19,770			$430			$19,340	84.7	79	149	41
420201006839	109	Abington Heights Middle School	Public	5-8	1555 Newton Ransom Blvd	Clarks Summit	18411	Lackawanna County	Abington Heights School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 585-4300	1,097	66	16.6	1.5%	924 (84.2%)	25 (2.3%)	51 (4.6%)	72 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	23 (2.1%)	$15,498			$680			$14,818	84.7	86.1	91	18
421173007274	110	Saucon Valley Middle School	Public	5-8	2095 Polk Valley Rd	Hellertown	18055	Northampton County	Saucon Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 838-7001	635	46	13.8	28.0%	508 (80.0%)	8 (1.3%)	66 (10.4%)	12 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.5%)	$20,352			$897			$19,456	84.5	83.6	106	4

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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 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.