Blue Ridge MS

Blue Ridge MS, a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in New Milford, Pennsylvania, overseen by Blue Ridge SD, educates 225 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 62% leaner than typical.

Within Blue Ridge SD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,018 students, Blue Ridge MS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Blue Ridge MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Susquehanna County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 101% of students at Blue Ridge MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Susquehanna County (around 78%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Blue Ridge MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 39.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Susquehanna County put median household income runs about $68,487, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Susquehanna County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,728 students), of which Blue Ridge MS is one.

Blue Ridge HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Blue Ridge MS comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blue Ridge MS has climbed 3%, going from 219 students in 2018 to 225 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.