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Enrollment
500
Middle
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMBRIDGE AREA SD·NCES 420244000633
Ambridge Area Middle School
401 First Street, Freedom, PA 15042 · (724) 266-2833 · Beaver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
475 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 163 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 34% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Ambridge Area Middle School→Ambridge Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ambridge Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
14.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 16.9% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →
Where Ambridge Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #416 of 479 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #440 of 513 | #11 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #386 of 513 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #307 of 522 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #447 of 486 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #250 of 486 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #137 of 510 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.8% | #10 of 131 | 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
500
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 95% (475) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 32.1 | 14.8:1 | 100% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 34.8 | 13.4:1 | 99% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 97% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 32.4 | 11.5:1 | 62% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 34% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 45% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 23% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 34 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ambridge Area Middle School.
About Ambridge Area Middle School
Federal records list Ambridge Area Middle School as a middle-grades school in Freedom, Pennsylvania. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 500 students.
Ambridge Area SD serves 2,186 students across 5 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Ambridge Area Middle School is White: 77%. The next largest groups are 14% Black and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points below the 87% share among Beaver County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
On staff are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 3.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Ambridge Area Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 95%. For comparison, public schools in Beaver County average 55%.
In Pennsylvania, Ambridge Area Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.5% actual against a predicted 36.9%.
In Beaver County, median household income comes to about $71,089, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 52, with about 31,222 students.
Economy Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Ambridge Area Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ambridge Area Middle School is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 537 students in 2020-21 to 500 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 16.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Ambridge Area Middle School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ambridge Area SD
- Ambridge Area High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Economy Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
- State Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 241 students
Other schools in Freedom
- Economy Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Freedom Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Freedom Area SHSHigh · 366 students
- Freedom Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Economy Elementary School0.3 mi · 456
- Provident CS - West1.2 mi · 51
- Baden Academy CS1.6 mi · 593
- Freedom Area SHS1.7 mi · 366
- Freedom Area Middle School1.9 mi · 356
- Freedom Area Elementary School1.9 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Ambridge Area Middle SchoolHow large is Ambridge Area Middle School?
Ambridge Area Middle School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ambridge Area Middle School serve?
Ambridge Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ambridge Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ambridge Area Middle School is approximately 16.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ambridge Area Middle School?
At Ambridge Area Middle School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 2% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Ambridge Area Middle School in?
Ambridge Area Middle School is part of Ambridge Area SD.
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