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Enrollment
530
Middle
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTOURSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421575005343
C E McCall Middle School
600 Willow St, Montoursville, PA 17754 · (570) 368-2441 · Lycoming County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
194 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 135 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 156 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 122 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 22% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
C E McCall Middle School→Montoursville Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Montoursville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp 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 45 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 40.7% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 C E McCall Middle School
C E McCall Middle School's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C E McCall Middle School this school | 530 | 36.6% | 50.2% |
| Bellefonte Area Middle School Bellefonte | 591 | 36.0% | 51.1% |
| Greater Latrobe Junior High School Latrobe | 499 | 33.5% | 61.8% |
| Knoch Middle School Saxonburg | 479 | 36.7% | 49.4% |
| Blue Mountain Middle School Orwigsburg | 561 | 39.6% | 46.0% |
| Dallas Middle School Dallas | 589 | 36.2% | 52.9% |
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 C E McCall Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #209 of 479 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #165 of 513 ▲ 36 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #243 of 513 ▲ 10 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #282 of 522 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #356 of 486 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #427 of 486 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #371 of 510 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #62 of 332 | #2 of 7 |
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
530
-63 (-11%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 745
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 530 | 37.2 | 14.3:1 | 37% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 37.8 | 14.1:1 | 37% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 38.1 | 13.0:1 | 40% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 29% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 36.6 | 18.2:1 | 32% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 28% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 25% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 47 | 16.8:1 | 19% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 745 | 39 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C E McCall Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (667 to 530); teachers up 2% (36.6 to 37.2).
About C E McCall Middle School
C E McCall Middle School is a public mid-sized middle-grades school in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. The school teaches grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 530 students.
The district for C E McCall Middle School is Montoursville Area SD, with 4 schools and 1,679 students.
White students are 92% of those enrolled at C E McCall Middle School. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Lycoming County, where about 89% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
There are about 14.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at C E McCall Middle School, which has 37.2. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at C E McCall Middle School is about 37%. Public schools in Lycoming County average 60%.
C E McCall Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Test results at C E McCall Middle School are 11.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (50.2% actual, 61.9% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Lycoming County, the median household earns about $63,917 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting C E McCall Middle School, Lycoming County has 30 public schools.
The closest school to C E McCall Middle School is Lyter Elementary School, located about 0.5 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of C E McCall Middle School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, C E McCall Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 530, from 593 in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montoursville Area SD
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- Lyter Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Loyalsock Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other schools in Montoursville
- Donald E. Schick SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Montoursville Area SHSHigh · 570 students
- Lyter Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Loyalsock Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Lyter Elementary School0.5 mi · 382
- Montoursville Area SHS0.8 mi · 570
- Donald E. Schick School2.2 mi · 721
- Loyalsock Twp SHS3.2 mi · 436
- Loyalsock Twp Middle School3.2 mi · 353
- Loyalsock Valley Elementary School4.1 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About C E McCall Middle SchoolHow many students attend C E McCall Middle School?
C E McCall Middle School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades 05-08.
Is C E McCall Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
C E McCall Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does C E McCall Middle School have?
C E McCall Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at C E McCall Middle School?
At C E McCall Middle School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees C E McCall Middle School?
C E McCall Middle School is overseen by Montoursville Area SD in Lycoming County.
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