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If you had an hour of school board time for Central Mountain MS, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
879
Middle
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEYSTONE CENTRAL SD·NCES 421272500449
Central Mountain Middle School
200 Ben Avenue, Mill Hall, PA 17751 · (570) 893-4900 · Clinton County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.5:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
915 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 199 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 231 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 28% |
Student demographics
23%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
45.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 30.7% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Central Mountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #334 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #272 of 513 ▲ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #331 of 513 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #79 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #291 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #364 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #36 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #71 of 131 |
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
879
-159 (-15%) vs 2020
+27% since 2000-01, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 879 | 65.1 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 915 | 65.1 | 14.1:1 | 100% (915) |
| 2022-23 | 939 | 66.8 | 14.1:1 | 55% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 1,038 | 66 | 15.7:1 | 58% (606) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 62.4 | 13.2:1 | 48% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 65 | 12.2:1 | 51% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 68 | 13.6:1 | 42% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 1% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Mountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (822 to 879); teachers up 4% (62.4 to 65.1).
About Central Mountain Middle School
Central Mountain Middle School is a middle school in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, reachable at (570) 893-4900. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 879 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
Keystone Central SD has 9 schools and 3,324 students, and Central Mountain Middle School is one of those schools.
At Central Mountain Middle School, 87% of students are White. It is also 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The diversity index for Central Mountain Middle School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 13.5:1 is based on 65.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Central Mountain 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 59% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Central Mountain Middle School is 33.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.6%.
Looking at the county, Clinton County, the median household earns about $60,816 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Central Mountain Middle School, Clinton County has 11 public schools.
Central Mountain Middle School's nearest public school is Mill Hall Elementary School (about 0.1 miles). In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Central Mountain Middle School. On state test proficiency, Central Mountain Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Central Mountain Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Enrollment fell 15% over 4 years, reaching 879 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 13.5:1 over the same years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Robb Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Mill Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
- Renovo Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
- Liberty-Curtin Elementary SchoolElementary · 151 students
Other schools in Mill Hall
- Central Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Mill Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Keystone Central Career and Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Mill Hall Elementary School0.1 mi · 318
- Central Mountain High School0.8 mi · 1,013
- Robb Elementary School3.5 mi · 375
- Woodward Elementary School4.1 mi · 215
- Liberty-Curtin Elementary School6.1 mi · 151
- Howard Elementary School10.6 mi · 87
Frequently asked questions
About Central Mountain Middle SchoolHow large is Central Mountain Middle School?
Central Mountain Middle School enrolls approximately 879 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Central Mountain Middle School serve?
Central Mountain Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Mountain Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Mountain Middle School is approximately 13.5:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Mountain Middle School?
At Central Mountain Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Central Mountain Middle School public or private?
Central Mountain Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Keystone Central SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.