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Enrollment
1,073
Middle
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON HEIGHTS SD·NCES 420201006839
Abington Heights Middle School
1555 Newton Ransom Blvd, Clarks Summit, PA 18411 · (570) 585-4300 · Lackawanna County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,073 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
13 students
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 288 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 241 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 258 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 27% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Abington Heights Middle School→Abington Heights High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Abington Heights SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 48.6% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 77% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abington Heights Middle School
Abington Heights Middle School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Heights Middle School this school | 1,073 | 1.2% | 58.4% |
| Eden Hall Upper Elementary School Gibsonia | 1,076 | 9.3% | 77.8% |
| Holicong Middle School Doylestown | 907 | 9.0% | 74.4% |
| Pine-Richland Middle School Gibsonia | 703 | 6.4% | 70.2% |
| Lenape Middle School Doylestown | 779 | 11.8% | 62.6% |
| Peters Twp Middle School McMurray | 952 | 10.6% | 81.6% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abington Heights Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #119 of 479 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #113 of 513 ▲ 9 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #139 of 513 ▼ 2 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,073 | #37 of 522 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #424 of 486 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #314 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.2% | #510 of 510 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #295 of 332 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,073
-5 (0%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,285
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,073 | 69.6 | 15.4:1 | 1% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 1,079 | 70.6 | 15.3:1 | 1% (13) |
| 2022-23 | 1,097 | 65.9 | 16.6:1 | 1% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 1,078 | 66 | 16.3:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 1,099 | 69.5 | 15.8:1 | 22% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 1,044 | 69 | 15.1:1 | 19% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 1,044 | 70 | 14.9:1 | 14% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 1,114 | 65 | 17.1:1 | 11% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 1,285 | 74 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abington Heights Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,099 to 1,073); teachers unchanged (69.5 to 69.6).
About Abington Heights Middle School
A large middle school in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, Abington Heights Middle School is part of Abington Heights SD. It educates 1,073 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 81% bigger than the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Within Abington Heights SD, Abington Heights Middle School is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 3,391 students.
White students make up 83% of enrollment at Abington Heights Middle School. The next largest groups are 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Lackawanna County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 69.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Abington Heights Middle School and a ratio of 15.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 1% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Lackawanna County report 72%.
allk12 grades Abington Heights Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Abington Heights Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.1%. The school's actual rate is 58.4%, 18.6 points lower.
Within Lackawanna County, the median household income is $66,223, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Lackawanna County has 47 public schools and roughly 27,006 students.
The shortest distance from Abington Heights Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Newton-Ransom Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Abington Heights Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,078 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,073.
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Lackawanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
27,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Abington Heights SD
- Abington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Clarks Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Waverly SchoolElementary · 307 students
- South Abington SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Newton-Ransom Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Other schools in Clarks Summit
- Abington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Clarks Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Newton-Ransom Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Nearby schools
- Newton-Ransom Elementary School0.2 mi · 196
- Abington Heights High School1.9 mi · 1,115
- Clarks Summit Elementary School2.7 mi · 399
- South Abington School3.5 mi · 301
- Waverly School4.1 mi · 307
- Isaac Tripp Elementary School4.8 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About Abington Heights Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Abington Heights Middle School?
Abington Heights Middle School enrolls approximately 1,073 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Abington Heights Middle School serve?
Abington Heights Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Abington Heights Middle School have?
Abington Heights Middle School employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Abington Heights Middle School?
Abington Heights Middle School reports a student body of 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Abington Heights Middle School?
Abington Heights Middle School is overseen by Abington Heights SD in Lackawanna County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.