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Enrollment
1,578
Middle
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALTOONA AREA SD·NCES 420234006850
Altoona Area Jr High School
1400 7th Ave, Altoona, PA 16602 · (814) 381-7512 · Blair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,578 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.4:1
127 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,575 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 6 | 530 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 526 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 522 | 33% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 33.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Altoona Area Jr High School
Altoona Area Jr High School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altoona Area Jr High School this school | 1,578 | 99.8% | 40.4% |
| Dover Area Middle School Dover | 735 | 99.6% | 46.5% |
| Beaty-Warren Middle School Warren | 662 | 97.0% | 31.8% |
| Wallenpaupack Area Middle School Hawley | 627 | 99.5% | 45.1% |
| Wyoming Valley West Middle School Kingston | 1,139 | 99.5% | 22.3% |
| Ambridge Area Middle School Freedom | 500 | 95.0% | 29.5% |
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 Altoona Area Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #339 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #307 of 513 ▼ 17 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #353 of 513 ▲ 20 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,578 | #4 of 522 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #190 of 486 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #319 of 486 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #76 of 510 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #180 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
1,578
-181 (-10%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 1,801
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 1,578 | 127.4 | 12.4:1 | 100% (1,575) |
| 2023-24 | 1,614 | 129.2 | 12.5:1 | 100% (1,611) |
| 2022-23 | 1,727 | 131.5 | 13.1:1 | 71% (1,220) |
| 2020-21 | 1,759 | 127 | 13.8:1 | 65% (1,148) |
| 2017-18 | 1,745 | 124.7 | 14.0:1 | 58% (1,006) |
| 2015-16 | 1,781 | 124 | 14.4:1 | 60% (1,072) |
| 2010-11 | 1,801 | 131 | 13.8:1 | 52% (940) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Altoona Area Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,745 to 1,578); teachers up 2% (124.7 to 127.4).
About Altoona Area Jr High School
Altoona Area Jr High School is a large middle-grades school for students in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Federal data show 1,578 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students, which makes this school 166% larger than average.
Altoona Area Jr High School sits within Altoona Area SD, which has 10 schools and 6,852 students.
At Altoona Area Jr High School, 83% of students are White. It is also 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Blair County is roughly 92% White. The diversity index for Altoona Area Jr High School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Altoona Area Jr High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1, with 127.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Blair County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Altoona Area Jr High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Altoona Area Jr High School is 5.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.4% actual, 34.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Blair County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $62,382, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 33 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,692, Altoona Area Jr High School among them.
Altoona Area High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Altoona Area Jr High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Altoona Area Jr High School ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 1,759 to 1,578. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.8 to 12.4 over 4 years.
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Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Altoona Area SD
- Altoona Area High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Juniata Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Juniata Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Mowrie A Ebner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Altoona
- Altoona Area High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Juniata Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Juniata Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Mowrie A Ebner Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Altoona Area High School0.1 mi · 2,255
- Penn-Lincoln Elementary School0.2 mi · 313
- Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center0.2 mi · 60
- Irving Elementary School1.1 mi · 267
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School1.3 mi · 439
- Baker Elementary School1.9 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Altoona Area Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Altoona Area Jr High School?
Altoona Area Jr High School enrolls approximately 1,578 students in grades 06-08.
Is Altoona Area Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Altoona Area Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Altoona Area Jr High School have?
Altoona Area Jr High School employs 127 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
How diverse is Altoona Area Jr High School?
Altoona Area Jr High School reports a student body of 83% White, 2% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Altoona Area Jr High School public or private?
Altoona Area Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Altoona Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.