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)
421983002350	601	Purchase Line Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	16559 Route 286 Hwy E	Commodore	15729	Indiana County	Purchase Line School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 254-4312	377	33	11.4	100.0%	365 (96.8%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$56			$06			$50	32.6	39.1	561	40
421899003657	602	Taggart John High School	Public	PK, KG-8	400 W Porter St	Philadelphia	19148	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-8290	524	39	13.3	100.0%	30 (5.7%)	44 (8.4%)	186 (35.5%)	235 (44.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.5%)	$17,467			$8,363			$9,104	32.5	23.1	666	64
421874006942	603	Maplewood Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	30383 Guys Mills Rd	Guys Mills	16327	Crawford County	Penncrest School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 337-1673	423	29	14.6	48.9%	397 (93.9%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.0%)	$21,128			$1,946			$19,182	32.5	34.2	599	4
421953003111	604	Port Allegany Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	20 Oak St	Port Allegany	16743	McKean County	Port Allegany School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 642-2544	386	47	8.1		368 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$15,565			$459			$15,106	32.5	32.7	606	2
422040004271	605	Ringgold Middle School	Public	5-8	2 Ram Dr	Monongahela	15063	Washington County	Ringgold School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 348-7154	743	56	13.1	49.4%	605 (81.4%)	41 (5.5%)	34 (4.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (8.1%)	$12,946			$882			$12,064	32.1	33.9	600	5
420244000633	606	Ambridge Area Middle School	Public	6-8	401 First Street	Freedom	15042	Beaver County	Ambridge Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 266-2833	475	32	14.8	100.0%	348 (73.3%)	70 (14.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (11.4%)	$11,471			$1,058			$10,413	32	30.9	614	8
420006200504	607	Mastery Cs-Hardy Williams	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5400 Warrington Street	Philadelphia	19143	Philadelphia County	Mastery CS-Hardy Williams	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 724-2343	1,190	68	17.5	99.7%	1 (0.1%)	1,148 (96.5%)	27 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.6%)	$20,291			$4,160			$16,131	32	30.7	615	8
420966000283	608	Fannett-Metal Middle School	Public	6-8	14823 Path Valley Road	Willow Hill	17271	Franklin County	Fannett-Metal School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 349-2363	76	9	8.3	100.0%	75 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	$18,459			$2,983			$15,476	31.8	44.8	515	93
420087907523	609	Executive Education Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	555 Union Boulevard	Allentown	18109	Lehigh County	Executive Education Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(610) 841-7044	1,431	100	14.3	100.0%	77 (5.4%)	244 (17.1%)	1,078 (75.3%)	7 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (1.5%)	$7,231			$537			$6,693	31.6	27.9	631	22
420333006451	610	Cecelia Snyder Middle School	Public	7-8	3330 Hulmeville Rd	Bensalem	19020	Bucks County	Bensalem Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 750-2800	458	36	12.7	100.0%	228 (49.8%)	51 (11.1%)	89 (19.4%)	62 (13.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	$21,869			$1,354			$20,516	31.3	36.3	588	22

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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.
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.