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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Danville Area MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
518
Middle
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE AREA SD·NCES 420732003424
Danville Area Middle School
252 Northumberland St, Danville, PA 17821 · (570) 271-3268 · Montour County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+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
13.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
184 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 6 | 170 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 34% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Danville Area Middle School→Danville Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Danville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
45.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 43.9% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Danville Area Middle School
Danville Area Middle School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Area Middle School this school | 518 | 35.5% | 54.5% |
| Central Columbia Middle School Bloomsburg | 587 | 37.8% | 63.0% |
| Dallas Middle School Dallas | 589 | 36.2% | 52.9% |
| Warwick Middle School Lititz | 568 | 36.8% | 53.6% |
| Crossroads Middle School Lewisberry | 541 | 40.3% | 50.2% |
| Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MS Topton | 460 | 35.0% | 55.4% |
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 Danville Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #159 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #157 of 513 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #143 of 513 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #291 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #282 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #353 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #377 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #201 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 2024-25Enrollment
518
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 518 | 38.8 | 13.4:1 | 36% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 35.3 | 14.5:1 | 36% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 38.3 | 13.3:1 | 37% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 32% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 42.3 | 13.4:1 | 29% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 45 | 10.9:1 | 25% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 690 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 27% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 44 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Danville Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (567 to 518); teachers down 8% (42.3 to 38.8).
About Danville Area Middle School
Danville Area Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle school in Danville, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 518 students in grades 6 through 8.
Danville Area Middle School is run by Danville Area SD, whose 4 schools enroll 2,133 students.
White students are 86% of those enrolled at Danville Area Middle School. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Montour County, where about 90% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
On staff are 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. About 36% of students at Danville Area Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Montour County average a similar 37%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Danville Area Middle School outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Danville Area Middle School is -7.8 points: 54.5% actual, 62.4% predicted.
For the population of Montour County, the median household earns about $76,976 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Danville Area Middle School shares Montour County with 5 other public schools.
Danville Area Middle School's nearest public school is Danville Area SHS (about 1.1 miles). There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Danville Area Middle School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 23 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 11.8:1 to 13.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Danville Area Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Montour County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,103
Census ACS
Median income
$76,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,221 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Danville Area SD
- Danville Area SHSHigh · 635 students
- Liberty-Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Danville Primary SchoolElementary · 489 students
Other schools in Danville
- Danville Area SHSHigh · 635 students
- Liberty-Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Danville Primary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Danville Center Adolescent FemaleHigh · 45 students
- North Central Secure Trmnt UntHigh · 43 students
Nearby schools
- Danville Area SHS1.1 mi · 635
- Danville Primary School1.3 mi · 489
- North Central Secure Trmnt Unt1.6 mi · 43
- Danville Center Adolescent Female1.6 mi · 45
- Liberty-Valley Elementary School2.7 mi · 491
- W W Evans Memorial Elementary School7.6 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Danville Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Danville Area Middle School?
Danville Area Middle School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Danville Area Middle School serve?
Danville Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Danville Area Middle School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Danville Area Middle School.
How diverse is Danville Area Middle School?
Danville Area Middle School reports a student body of 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Danville Area Middle School in?
Danville Area Middle School is part of Danville Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.