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Which teacher or staff member at Bangor Area MS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
421
Middle
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANGOR AREA SD·NCES 420300005257
Bangor Area Middle School
401 Five Points Richmond Rd, Bangor, PA 18013 · (610) 599-7012 · Northampton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B-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
11.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
208 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 7 | 222 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 47% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Bangor Area Middle School→Bangor Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bangor Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 35.3% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Bangor Area Middle School
Bangor Area Middle School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Area Middle School this school | 421 | 49.4% | 48.3% |
| Wayne Highlands Middle School Honesdale | 408 | 51.0% | 66.3% |
| Lehighton Area Middle School Lehighton | 478 | 52.5% | 39.4% |
| Marticville Middle School Pequea | 393 | 48.1% | 57.5% |
| Wind Gap Middle School Pen Argyl | 510 | 52.7% | 46.3% |
| Eastern York Middle School Wrightsville | 527 | 50.7% | 45.4% |
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 Bangor Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #238 of 479 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #271 of 513 ▼ 3 | #5 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #180 of 513 ▲ 85 | #4 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #353 of 522 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #62 of 486 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #330 of 486 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #266 of 510 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #143 of 332 | #6 of 9 |
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
421
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 421 | 38 | 11.1:1 | 49% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 49% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 47% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 45 | 9.8:1 | 45% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 41.3 | 11.6:1 | 45% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 42% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 48 | 11.2:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 20% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 51 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bangor Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (478 to 421); teachers down 8% (41.3 to 38).
About Bangor Area Middle School
Bangor Area Middle School is a middle-grades school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. There are 421 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 29% below the 594-student average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Bangor Area SD has 2,672 students in 5 schools, and Bangor Area Middle School is one of those schools.
Bangor Area Middle School is 84% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 74% White among all Northampton County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
Bangor Area Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. The school has 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 61% for public schools in Northampton County.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Bangor Area Middle School outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bangor Area Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 48.3% actual against 56.4% predicted.
For the population of Northampton County, median household income comes to about $89,184, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Northampton County counts 60 public schools with about 38,316 students.
Five Points Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Bangor Area Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bangor Area Middle School is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 421, from 440 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bangor Area SD
- Bangor Area High SchoolHigh · 883 students
- Five Points Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- DeFranco Elementary SchoolMiddle · 413 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Bangor
- Bangor Area High SchoolHigh · 883 students
- Five Points Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- DeFranco Elementary SchoolMiddle · 413 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Five Points Elementary School0.2 mi · 580
- DeFranco Elementary School0.4 mi · 413
- Bangor Area High School0.7 mi · 883
- Washington Elementary School3.8 mi · 375
- Knowlton Township Board of Education4.6 mi · 174
- Belvidere Elementary School5.6 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Bangor Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bangor Area Middle School?
Bangor Area Middle School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades 07-08.
Is Bangor Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bangor Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Bangor Area Middle School have?
Bangor Area Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Bangor Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Bangor Area Middle School are roughly 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bangor Area Middle School?
Bangor Area Middle School is overseen by Bangor Area SD in Northampton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.