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)
421494000565	731	Founders Hall Middle School	Public	6-8	3600 O'Neil Boulevard	McKeesport	15132	Allegheny County	McKeesport Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 664-3690	695	68	10.1	100.0%	247 (35.5%)	328 (47.2%)	25 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (13.2%)	$15,522			$3,262			$12,259	15.4	13.6	742	11
420006807636	732	Roberto Clemente Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	136 S 4th Street	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Roberto Clemente Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(610) 439-5814	628	45	14	100.0%	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.1%)	598 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$14,081			$2,836			$11,245	15.3	8.9	810	78
420423001027	733	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	6401 Mill Creek Rd	Levittown	19057	Bucks County	Bristol Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 788-0436	729	52	14	100.0%	404 (55.4%)	109 (15.0%)	111 (15.2%)	17 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (11.7%)	$19,867			$2,201			$17,666	15.3	21.1	665	68
420010000662	734	Center for Student Learning Charter School at Pennsbury	Public, Charter	6-12	345 Lakeside Drive	Levittown	19054	Bucks County	Center for Student Learning Charter School at Pennsbury	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 269-7390	163	18	9	75.5%	101 (62.0%)	20 (12.3%)	29 (17.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	10 (6.1%)	$17,515			$1,190			$16,325	15.2	21.2	664	70
420006000502	735	Freire Charter School	Public, Charter	5-12	2027 Chestnut Street	Philadelphia	19103	Philadelphia County	Freire Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 557-8555	934	85	10.9		9 (1.0%)	863 (92.4%)	28 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.3%)	$18,243			$3,895			$14,348	15.2	25.6	636	99
421590007587	736	Morrisville High School	Public	6-12	550 W Palmer St	Morrisville	19067	Bucks County	Morrisville Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 736-5260	406	34	12	100.0%	121 (29.8%)	140 (34.5%)	112 (27.6%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.9%)	$15,255			$1,312			$13,943	15.1	18.1	694	42
420969005248	737	Farrell Area High School/Ums	Public	7-12	1700 Roemer Blvd	Farrell	16121	Mercer County	Farrell Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 346-6585	262	28	9.2	95.8%	40 (15.3%)	195 (74.4%)	9 (3.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.0%)	$42,062			$248			$41,814	15	17.2	707	30
421899003805	738	Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy	Public	K-8	2000 Catharine St	Philadelphia	19146	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7940	307	27	11.2	100.0%	114 (37.1%)	135 (44.0%)	15 (4.9%)	22 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.8%)	$21,284			$9,894			$11,390	14.8	19.6	680	58
420089807635	739	Insight PA Cyber Charter School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	350 Eagleview Blvd	Exton	19341	Chester County	Insight PA Cyber Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(484) 713-4353	3,638	274	13.2		1,341 (36.9%)	1,139 (31.3%)	811 (22.3%)	34 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.1%)	309 (8.5%)	$14,026			$1,705			$12,320	14.7	22.2	655	84
421899003742	740	Hopkinson Francis School	Public	K-8	4001 L St	Philadelphia	19124	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3970	602	47	12.7	99.8%	25 (4.2%)	116 (19.3%)	424 (70.4%)	16 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	16 (2.7%)	$20,468			$10,330			$10,138	14.4	19.2	685	55

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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.