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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMICHAELS AREA SD·NCES 420507007550

Carmichaels Area Middle School

215 North Vine Street, Carmichaels, PA 15320 · (724) 966-5045 · Greene County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL208 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
  • B+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

Enrollment
208
Middle
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
205 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 66330%
Grade 77838%
Grade 86732%
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
19694%
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
63%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
9948%
Female
10952%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Carmichaels Area Middle School→Carmichaels Area High School
Feeds from
Carmichaels Area El CenterPK–05
Based on grade levels within Carmichaels Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
44.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2544.1%16.7%
2023-2448.4%14.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Carmichaels Area Middle School

Carmichaels Area Middle School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Carmichaels Area Middle School this school20898.6%33.6%
Union City Middle School
Union City
22496.4%45.3%
West Branch Middle School
Morrisdale
19198.4%35.4%
Apollo-Ridge Middle School
Spring Church
26499.2%40.3%
Kane Area Middle School
Kane
21893.1%42.5%
A J McMullen School
Markleysburg
16498.8%50.1%
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 Carmichaels Area Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Pennsylvania
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.6%#397 of 479
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
16.7%#430 of 513
▲ 17
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.1%#352 of 513
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
208#482 of 522
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.1:1#170 of 486
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
11.1%#459 of 486
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
98.6%#104 of 510
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-9.6%#181 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 2024-25
Enrollment
208
-16 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2520817.212.1:199% (205)
2023-2423615.515.3:199% (233)
2022-2322714.515.7:152% (117)
2020-212241317.2:156% (125)
2017-1823014.515.9:145% (104)
2015-162691616.8:151% (137)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmichaels Area Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 10% (230 to 208); teachers up 18% (14.5 to 17.2).

About Carmichaels Area Middle School

Federal records list Carmichaels Area Middle School as a middle school in Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 208 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 594 students; this school is 65% smaller than that.

The district, Carmichaels Area SD, has 934 students enrolled across 3 schools.

Most students at Carmichaels Area Middle School are White: 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Carmichaels Area Middle School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Federal staffing data show 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carmichaels Area Middle School and a ratio of 12.1:1. That ratio is under the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. Public schools in Greene County average 69%.

Carmichaels Area Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Carmichaels Area Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.6% is 1.7 points below the 35.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Across Greene County, median household income is about $68,041, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Carmichaels Area Middle School is among the 13 public schools in Greene County.

Nearest public school: Carmichaels Area High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Carmichaels Area Middle School holds 2 other public schools. Carmichaels Area Middle School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.6% against a local average of 39.9%.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 224 to 208. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.1:1.

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Greene County at a glance

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Population
34,835
Census ACS
Median income
$68,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,331 students

Quick facts

School name
Carmichaels Area Middle School
District
Carmichaels Area SD
Address
215 North Vine Street, Carmichaels, PA 15320
Phone
(724) 966-5045
County
Greene County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
208
Teachers (FTE)
17
Student–teacher ratio
12.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
205 (99%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
420507007550
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Carmichaels Area Middle School
How many students attend Carmichaels Area Middle School?
Carmichaels Area Middle School enrolls approximately 208 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Carmichaels Area Middle School serve?
Carmichaels Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Carmichaels Area Middle School have?
Carmichaels Area Middle School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Carmichaels Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Carmichaels Area Middle School are roughly 94% White, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Carmichaels Area Middle School?
Carmichaels Area Middle School is overseen by Carmichaels Area SD in Greene County.
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