Enrollment
446
Middle
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVONWORTH SD·NCES 420282000559
Avonworth Middle School
304 Josephs Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 · (412) 366-9650 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- C+Beats 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
21.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
47 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 160 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 30% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Avonworth Middle School→Avonworth High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Avonworth SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 56.9% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Avonworth Middle School
Avonworth Middle School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avonworth Middle School this school | 446 | 10.5% | 63.9% |
| Mars Area Middle School Mars | 563 | 10.8% | 58.7% |
| Mars Area Centennial School Mars | 627 | 12.0% | 68.2% |
| Hampton Middle School Allison Park | 606 | 18.2% | 74.8% |
| Quaker Valley Middle School Sewickley | 425 | 22.4% | 72.4% |
| Ehrman Crest Middle School Cranberry Township | 642 | 20.1% | 58.3% |
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 Avonworth Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #76 of 479 | #20 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #48 of 513 ▲ 14 | #16 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #88 of 513 ▲ 28 | #20 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #336 of 522 | #35 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #482 of 486 | #46 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.5% | #375 of 486 | #43 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.5% | #500 of 510 | #47 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +85.1% | #2 of 131 | #2 of 18 |
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
446
+164 (+58%) vs 2020
+29% since 2000-01, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 446 | 21.2 | 21.0:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 18.7 | 15.9:1 | 16% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 20.4 | 15.1:1 | 15% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 27 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 28.3 | 8.5:1 | 13% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 9% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avonworth Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 85% (241 to 446); teachers down 25% (28.3 to 21.2).
About Avonworth Middle School
Avonworth Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school serving families in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 446 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 25% lower than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 594.
Avonworth Middle School is a school in Avonworth SD. The district has 4 schools and 1,926 students.
About 88% of the student body at Avonworth Middle School is White. Smaller groups are 5% multiracial and 3% Black. County-wide, 76% of Allegheny County residents are White. Avonworth Middle School's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 21.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.0:1. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 21.0:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 11% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
Avonworth Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 68% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Avonworth Middle School, the prediction is 73.1% and the result is 63.9%.
Across Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allegheny County is home to 277 public schools and about 141,392 public school students.
Avonworth High School is the public school closest to Avonworth Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 59.6% on proficiency, and Avonworth Middle School is above that at 63.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 282 in 2020-21 and 446 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.0:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avonworth SD
- Avonworth High SchoolHigh · 579 students
- Avonworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Avonworth Primary CenterElementary · 423 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Avonworth High School0.0 mi · 579
- Avonworth Primary Center1.0 mi · 423
- Avonworth Elementary School1.1 mi · 478
- Highcliff Elementary School1.3 mi · 519
- Northgate MSHS2.1 mi · 476
- Avalon Elementary School2.3 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Avonworth Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Avonworth Middle School?
Avonworth Middle School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Avonworth Middle School serve?
Avonworth Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Avonworth Middle School?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Avonworth Middle School.
How diverse is Avonworth Middle School?
Avonworth Middle School reports a student body of 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Avonworth Middle School?
Avonworth Middle School is overseen by Avonworth SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.