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What's something Curtin Intrmd Sch does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
525
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSPORT AREA SD·NCES 422646003073
Curtin Intrmd School
85 Eldred St, Williamsport, PA 17701 · (570) 323-4785 · Lycoming County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- 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
11.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
419 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 4 | 174 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 178 | 34% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Based on grade levels within Williamsport Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 24.1% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Curtin Intrmd School
Curtin Intrmd School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtin Intrmd School this school | 525 | 79.8% | 32.5% |
| Scott Middle School Coatesville | 421 | 82.2% | 28.2% |
| Chichester Middle School Boothwyn | 873 | 67.5% | 33.6% |
| Beaver Falls Middle School Beaver Falls | 360 | 95.8% | 35.8% |
| Lehman Intermediate School Dingmans Ferry | 540 | 58.5% | 31.9% |
| Williamsport Area Middle School Williamsport | 706 | 63.7% | 39.7% |
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 Curtin Intrmd School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #404 of 479 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #345 of 513 ▲ 47 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #451 of 513 ▼ 11 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #286 of 522 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #94 of 486 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #13 of 486 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #166 of 510 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #278 of 332 | #7 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
525
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 608
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 525 | 45.5 | 11.5:1 | 80% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 46.5 | 11.6:1 | 78% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 44.2 | 11.7:1 | 80% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 43 | 12.2:1 | 79% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 39.8 | 13.7:1 | 76% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 68% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 54 | 10.3:1 | 65% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 42 | 12.9:1 | 55% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 608 | 45 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Curtin Intrmd School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (546 to 525); teachers up 14% (39.8 to 45.5).
About Curtin Intrmd School
Curtin Intrmd School is a middle school in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Williamsport Area SD. It offers grades 4 through 6 and has 525 students enrolled.
The Williamsport Area SD system has 7 schools and 4,731 students.
The student body at Curtin Intrmd School has no majority group. White students lead at 39%. Other groups include 27% Black, 21% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. The county population is about 89% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
Curtin Intrmd School has 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.5:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.2:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 80%. On average, public schools in Lycoming County report 60%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Curtin Intrmd School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.4%.
In the surrounding county, Lycoming County, the median household earns about $63,917 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Lycoming County has 30 public schools with about 14,288 students, including Curtin Intrmd School.
Curtin Intrmd School's closest public school neighbor is Cochran Primary School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Curtin Intrmd School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Curtin Intrmd School at 8th of 8.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (526) and 2024-25 (525).
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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 Williamsport Area SD
- Williamsport Area SHSHigh · 1,462 students
- Williamsport Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 706 students
- Jackson Primary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Lycoming Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cochran Primary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Hepburn-Lycoming Primary SchoolElementary · 402 students
Other schools in Williamsport
- Williamsport Area SHSHigh · 1,462 students
- Williamsport Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 706 students
- Jackson Primary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Lycoming Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cochran Primary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Loyalsock Twp SHSHigh · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Cochran Primary School0.4 mi · 538
- Rommelt Elementary School1.6 mi · 176
- Central Elementary School1.7 mi · 414
- South Williamsport Area JSHS1.8 mi · 478
- Loyalsock Twp Middle School2.0 mi · 353
- Loyalsock Twp SHS2.0 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Curtin Intrmd SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Curtin Intrmd School?
Curtin Intrmd School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades 04-06.
Is Curtin Intrmd School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Curtin Intrmd School is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Curtin Intrmd School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Curtin Intrmd School.
How diverse is Curtin Intrmd School?
Curtin Intrmd School reports a student body of 39% White, 11% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Is Curtin Intrmd School public or private?
Curtin Intrmd School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Williamsport Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.