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The fastest-growing public middle schools in Pennsylvania

131 public middle schools in Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public middle schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Gateway Middle School leads the list at 106%, against a median of 7.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

131

Pennsylvania

Top Enrollment growth

106%

Median Enrollment growth

7.4%

FASTEST GROWING · PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Gateway Middle School	Monroeville, PA	Gateway SD	493	1,017	106%
2	Avonworth Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Avonworth SD	241	446	85.1%
3	North Hills Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	North Hills SD	641	1,127	75.8%
4	C E Cole Intermediate School	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	593	986	66.3%
5	Solomon/Plains Middle School	Plains, PA	Wilkes-Barre Area SD	460	758	64.8%
6	Mohawk Junior High School	New Castle, PA	Mohawk Area SD	223	329	47.5%
7	New Castle Junior High School	New Castle, PA	New Castle Area SD	477	689	44.4%
8	Avon Grove Middle School	West Grove, PA	Avon Grove SD	819	1,131	38.1%
9	Wendover Middle School	Greensburg, PA	Hempfield Area SD	454	626	37.9%
10	Ambridge Area Middle School	Freedom, PA	Ambridge Area SD	371	500	34.8%
11	Elizabethtown Area Middle School	Elizabethtown, PA	Elizabethtown Area SD	620	827	33.4%
12	West Hempfield Middle School	Irwin, PA	Hempfield Area SD	410	546	33.2%
13	Susquehanna Twp Middle School	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	619	820	32.5%
14	Ehrman Crest Middle School	Cranberry Township, PA	Seneca Valley SD	492	642	30.5%
15	South Scranton Intrmd School	Scranton, PA	Scranton SD	613	798	30.2%
16	Gerald G Huesken Middle School	Lancaster, PA	Conestoga Valley SD	656	851	29.7%
17	DuBois Area Middle School	DuBois, PA	DuBois Area SD	829	1,058	27.6%
18	Maple Manor El/MS	Hazle Township, PA	Hazleton Area SD	860	1,092	27.0%
19	Everett Area Middle School	Everett, PA	Everett Area SD	284	358	26.1%
20	Pleasant Valley Middle School	Brodheadsville, PA	Pleasant Valley SD	733	908	23.9%
21	Northwest Middle School	Reading, PA	Reading SD	664	821	23.6%
22	Mechanicsburg Middle School	Mechanicsburg, PA	Mechanicsburg Area SD	903	1,112	23.1%
23	Mars Area Centennial School	Mars, PA	Mars Area SD	512	627	22.5%
24	Mountain View Middle School	Mechanicsburg, PA	Cumberland Valley SD	1,158	1,403	21.2%
25	Paxon Hollow Middle School	Broomall, PA	Marple Newtown SD	716	868	21.2%
26	Salisbury Middle School	Allentown, PA	Salisbury Township SD	370	448	21.1%
27	Colonial Middle School	Plymouth Meeting, PA	Colonial SD	1,051	1,268	20.6%
28	Linglestown Middle School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	702	841	19.8%
29	Poquessing Middle School	Feasterville Trevose, PA	Neshaminy SD	809	966	19.4%
30	Pleasant Hills Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	West Jefferson Hills SD	690	813	17.8%
31	G A R Middle School	Wilkes-Barre, PA	Wilkes-Barre Area SD	937	1,101	17.5%
32	Upper Moreland Middle School	Hatboro, PA	Upper Moreland Township SD	708	830	17.2%
33	Ringgold Middle School	Monongahela, PA	Ringgold SD	636	738	16.0%
34	Marshall Math Science Academy	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	352	408	15.9%
35	Murray Avenue School	Huntingdon Valley, PA	Lower Moreland Township SD	565	652	15.4%
36	Halifax Area Middle School	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	229	263	14.8%
37	Central Dauphin Middle School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	728	834	14.6%
38	West Reading El Center	West Reading, PA	Wyomissing Area SD	271	310	14.4%
39	David E Williams Middle School	Coraopolis, PA	Montour SD	833	952	14.3%
40	Conneaut Area Middle School	Conneaut Lake, PA	Conneaut SD	359	408	13.6%
41	Windber Area Middle School	Windber, PA	Windber Area SD	264	300	13.6%
42	Fairview Middle School	Fairview, PA	Fairview SD	559	633	13.2%
43	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Erie, PA	Erie City SD	682	769	12.8%
44	Hazleton El/MS	Hazleton, PA	Hazleton Area SD	795	895	12.6%
45	Swatara Middle School	Steelton, PA	Central Dauphin SD	543	611	12.5%
46	Camp Curtin Academy	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	644	724	12.4%
47	Springton Lake Middle School	Media, PA	Rose Tree Media SD	904	1,012	11.9%
48	Wissahickon Middle School	Ambler, PA	Wissahickon SD	1,083	1,208	11.5%
49	Marticville Middle School	Pequea, PA	Penn Manor SD	353	393	11.3%
50	Dorseyville Middle School	Pittsburgh, PA	Fox Chapel Area SD	890	981	10.2%

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