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)
422682007442	751	Goode School	Public	PK, KG-8	251 N Broad St	York	17403	York County	York City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 849-1314	628	45	14	100.0%	72 (11.5%)	225 (35.8%)	300 (47.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.9%)	$17,689			$2,669			$15,019	13.2	12.6	752	1
421899010014	752	Franklin Benjamin School	Public	K-8	5735 Rising Sun Ave	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3760	602	37	16.3	100.0%	18 (3.0%)	310 (51.5%)	210 (34.9%)	36 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.5%)	$17,223			$8,583			$8,640	13.2	16.2	716	36
421899003758	753	Allen Ethan School	Public	K-8	6329 Battersby St	Philadelphia	19149	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3270	920	55	16.6	99.9%	111 (12.1%)	221 (24.0%)	460 (50.0%)	82 (8.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	42 (4.6%)	$16,927			$8,413			$8,513	13.2	16.8	711	42
421899006528	754	Harrington Avery D School	Public	K-8	5300-34 Baltimore Ave	Philadelphia	19143	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7920	340	29	11.6	100.0%	3 (0.9%)	320 (94.1%)	8 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$22,269			$11,367			$10,902	13.1	11.6	759	5
420003900398	755	Alliance for Progress Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1821-39 Cecil B Moore Avenue	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Alliance for Progress Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 232-4892	557	31	17.9	98.9%	2 (0.4%)	530 (95.2%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.3%)	$18,045			$3,863			$14,182	13	8.6	815	60
422004000858	756	Northeast Middle School	Public	5-8	1216 N 13th St	Reading	19604	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5774	938	63	14.9	100.0%	46 (4.9%)	50 (5.3%)	829 (88.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.2%)	$00			$00			$00	13	14.6	731	25
421899003719	757	McCloskey John F School	Public	PK, KG-8	8500 Pickering St	Philadelphia	19150	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3380	250	20	12.3	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	237 (94.8%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$20,395			$9,770			$10,625	13	7.5	836	79
421859005019	758	Linton Middle School	Public	6-8	250 Aster St	Pittsburgh	15235	Allegheny County	Penn Hills School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 795-3000	640	50	12.7	100.0%	131 (20.5%)	413 (64.5%)	34 (5.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (9.1%)	$10,526			$6,822			$3,704	12.9	15	724	34
420636010023	759	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%)								12.8			(n/a)
420081906955	760	Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1414 E. Cedar St.	Allentown	18109	Lehigh County	Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(484) 860-3300	899	73	12.3	95.7%	43 (4.8%)	123 (13.7%)	724 (80.5%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$2,541			$2,541			$00	12.8	12.7	751	9

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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.