Enrollment
117
Middle
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEYSTONE CENTRAL SD·NCES 421272500797
Bucktail Area Middle School
1300 Bucktail Avenue, Renovo, PA 17764 · (570) 893-4900 · Clinton County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL117 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C-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
13.9:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
107 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 5 | 31 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 21% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
24.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 19.8% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Bucktail Area Middle School
Bucktail Area Middle School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucktail Area Middle School this school | 117 | 91.5% | 30.3% |
| Tunkhannock STEM Academy Tunkhannock | 137 | 97.8% | 32.2% |
| Benton Area Middle School Benton | 100 | 97.0% | 56.0% |
| California Area Middle School Coal Center | 158 | 93.0% | 38.0% |
| Mercer Area Middle School Mercer | 136 | 97.8% | 46.1% |
| Wilmington Area Upper Elementary School New Wilmington | 142 | 98.6% | 40.7% |
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 Bucktail Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #414 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #382 of 513 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #420 of 513 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 117 | #515 of 522 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #154 of 510 |
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
117
+2 (+2%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 107
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 117 | 8.4 | 13.9:1 | 91% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 8.8 | 12.1:1 | 100% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 105 | 9 | 11.7:1 | 71% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 115 | 7 | 16.4:1 | 69% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 110 | 9.5 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 103 | 10 | 10.3:1 | 71% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 107 | 8 | 13.4:1 | 64% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bucktail Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (110 to 117); teachers down 12% (9.5 to 8.4).
About Bucktail Area Middle School
Bucktail Area Middle School is a small middle school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Renovo. It serves 117 students in grades 5 through 8. The average among middle schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 594 students; this school is 80% smaller than that.
Keystone Central SD has 9 schools and 3,324 students, and Bucktail Area Middle School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Bucktail Area Middle School is 90% White. The school is also 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. That is higher than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 91%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Bucktail Area Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bucktail Area Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 30.3% actual against 38.4% predicted.
In Clinton County (population about 37,798), the median household income is $60,816, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 11 public schools in Clinton County, enrolling about 3,879 students in all.
Nearby, Bucktail High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Bucktail Area Middle School, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.7%; Bucktail Area Middle School's is 30.3%, ranking 6th of 6.
Locale data from NCES put Bucktail Area Middle School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
In 2020-21, Bucktail Area Middle School enrolled 115; in 2024-25, 117. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.4:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
The Bucktail Area Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,798
Census ACS
Median income
$60,816
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Keystone Central SD
- Central Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Central Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 879 students
- Robb Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Mill Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
- Renovo Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
Other schools in Renovo
- Renovo Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
- Bucktail High SchoolHigh · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Bucktail High School0.0 mi · 101
- Renovo Elementary School0.1 mi · 155
- Central Mountain High School18.5 mi · 1,013
- Central Mountain Middle School19.3 mi · 879
- Liberty-Curtin Elementary School19.4 mi · 151
- Mill Hall Elementary School19.4 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Bucktail Area Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bucktail Area Middle School?
Bucktail Area Middle School enrolls approximately 117 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Bucktail Area Middle School serve?
Bucktail Area Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bucktail Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bucktail Area Middle School is approximately 13.9:1 (8 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bucktail Area Middle School?
Bucktail Area Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bucktail Area Middle School?
Bucktail Area Middle School is overseen by Keystone Central SD in Clinton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.