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What's one thing Blue Mountain MS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
561
Middle
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE MOUNTAIN SD·NCES 420387005263
Blue Mountain Middle School
685 Red Dale Rd, Orwigsburg, PA 17961 · (570) 366-0546 · Schuylkill County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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
13.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
222 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 193 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 33% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Blue Mountain Middle School→Blue Mountain High School
Based on grade levels within Blue Mountain SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 35.1% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Blue Mountain Middle School
Blue Mountain Middle School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain Middle School this school | 561 | 39.6% | 46.0% |
| Crossroads Middle School Lewisberry | 541 | 40.3% | 50.2% |
| Dallas Middle School Dallas | 589 | 36.2% | 52.9% |
| Big Spring Middle School Newville | 550 | 42.0% | 52.1% |
| Susquenita Middle School Duncannon | 562 | 43.2% | 39.8% |
| C E McCall Middle School Montoursville | 530 | 36.6% | 50.2% |
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 Blue Mountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #272 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #336 of 513 ▼ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #237 of 513 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #260 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #316 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.4% | #385 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #342 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #101 of 332 |
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
561
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 561 | 40.7 | 13.8:1 | 40% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 43.1 | 13.3:1 | 39% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 45.3 | 12.7:1 | 34% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 33% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 40.5 | 16.3:1 | 30% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 26% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 20% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 35 | 20.6:1 | 13% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 33 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Mountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (660 to 561); teachers up 1% (40.5 to 40.7).
About Blue Mountain Middle School
In Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, Blue Mountain Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. The school counted 561 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
Blue Mountain Middle School is one school in a 4-school district, Blue Mountain SD, which enrolls 2,412 students.
By race and ethnicity, Blue Mountain Middle School is 89% White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Schuylkill County overall, the White share is about 88%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
There are 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Blue Mountain Middle School, giving a ratio of 13.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. By family income, 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Schuylkill County report 66%.
Blue Mountain Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Blue Mountain Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 46.0% actual against 60.6% predicted.
In Schuylkill County, the median household earns about $68,313 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Schuylkill County, 35 public schools serve about 18,259 students.
Blue Mountain El East School sits about 0.1 miles from Blue Mountain Middle School. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Blue Mountain Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Blue Mountain Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 572 to 561, a small change. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.5 to 13.8 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Blue Mountain Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Mountain SD
- Blue Mountain High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Blue Mountain El East SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Blue Mountain El West SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other Blue Mountain Middle schools
One other US public school is named Blue Mountain Middle. Blue Mountain Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLCORTLANDT MANOR, NY · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Blue Mountain El East School0.1 mi · 609
- Blue Mountain High School2.7 mi · 791
- Schuylkill Haven El Center4.4 mi · 451
- Schuylkill Haven SHS4.5 mi · 455
- Schuylkill Haven Middle School4.7 mi · 255
- Gillingham Charter School6.2 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Mountain Middle SchoolHow many students attend Blue Mountain Middle School?
Blue Mountain Middle School enrolls approximately 561 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Blue Mountain Middle School serve?
Blue Mountain Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Blue Mountain Middle School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Blue Mountain Middle School.
How diverse is Blue Mountain Middle School?
Blue Mountain Middle School reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Blue Mountain Middle School in?
Blue Mountain Middle School is part of Blue Mountain SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.