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Enrollment
624
Middle
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER ST. CLAIR SD·NCES 422457005196
Boyce Middle School
1500 Boyce Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15241 · (412) 833-1600 · Allegheny County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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.
- A+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
12.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
77 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 5 | 320 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 304 | 49% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Upper St. Clair SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
88.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
82.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.8% | 82.9% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 80.3% |
% 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
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Boyce Middle School
Boyce Middle School's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyce Middle School this school | 624 | 12.3% | 84.5% |
| Fort Couch Middle School Pittsburgh | 647 | 11.3% | 79.9% |
| Newtown Middle School Newtown | 833 | 13.8% | 73.7% |
| Radnor Middle School Wayne | 808 | 14.1% | 83.0% |
| Carson Middle School Pittsburgh | 652 | 14.0% | 64.3% |
| Charles F Patton Middle School Kennett Square | 842 | 9.6% | 74.9% |
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 Boyce Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #1 of 479 | #1 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #1 of 513 ▲ 1 | #1 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #1 of 513 ▲ 4 | #1 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #219 of 522 | #21 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #228 of 486 | #29 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #240 of 486 | #23 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.3% | #494 of 510 | #45 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #275 of 332 | #23 of 27 |
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
624
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 624 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 12% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 46.8 | 13.2:1 | 12% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 44.8 | 14.1:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 43.9 | 14.8:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 39 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boyce Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (649 to 624); teachers up 12% (43.9 to 49).
About Boyce Middle School
Boyce Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It educates 624 students in grades 5 through 6.
Upper St. Clair SD operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,003 students.
White students make up a majority at Boyce Middle School, at 76%. The next largest groups are 16% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The White share in Allegheny County as a whole is similar, at about 76%. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 49 full-time-equivalent teachers at Boyce Middle School and a ratio of 12.7:1. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 12% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Allegheny County report 54%.
allk12 grades Boyce Middle School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Boyce Middle School is 12.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 84.5% actual, 72.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Within Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Allegheny County has 277 public schools and roughly 141,392 students.
The closest other public school is Streams Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Boyce Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 82.9% on proficiency, and Boyce Middle School is above that at 84.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment gain, from 590 in 2020-21 to 624 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. 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 Upper St. Clair SD
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Fort Couch Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Streams Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 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
- Streams Elementary School0.4 mi · 468
- Baker Elementary School1.3 mi · 471
- George Washington Elementary School1.7 mi · 313
- Upper Saint Clair High School1.8 mi · 1,269
- Hills-Hendersonville Elementary School1.9 mi · 267
- Bethel Memorial Elementary School2.2 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Boyce Middle SchoolHow large is Boyce Middle School?
Boyce Middle School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 05-06.
Is Boyce Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boyce Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boyce Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boyce Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boyce Middle School?
At Boyce Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Boyce Middle School public or private?
Boyce Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Upper St. Clair SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.