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Enrollment
952
Middle
DISTRICT 1,077 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTOUR SD·NCES 421572007410
David E Williams Middle School
60 Gawaldo Dr, Coraopolis, PA 15108 · (412) 771-8802 · Allegheny County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
308 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 252 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 243 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 230 | 24% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
David E Williams Middle School→Montour High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Montour SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
66.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 67.7% |
% 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
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 David E Williams Middle School
David E Williams Middle School's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David E Williams Middle School this school | 952 | 32.4% | 70.2% |
| Northley Middle School Aston | 748 | 35.4% | 46.0% |
| West Allegheny Middle School Imperial | 796 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| Boyertown Area MS-East Gilbertsville | 841 | 27.2% | 59.2% |
| North Hills Middle School Pittsburgh | 1,127 | 26.4% | 64.7% |
| William Penn Middle School Yardley | 904 | 35.8% | 55.0% |
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 David E Williams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #40 of 479 | #14 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #32 of 513 ▼ 15 | #12 of 51 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #48 of 513 ▲ 19 | #15 of 51 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #63 of 522 | #5 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #455 of 486 | #43 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #277 of 486 | #27 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #395 of 510 | #28 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #39 of 131 | #5 of 18 |
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
952
+29 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 952 | 57.8 | 16.5:1 | 32% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 927 | 58.8 | 15.8:1 | 33% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 931 | 60.3 | 15.4:1 | 27% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 923 | 61 | 15.1:1 | 24% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 833 | 55.1 | 15.1:1 | 29% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 57 | 14.8:1 | 23% (195) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David E Williams Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (833 to 952); teachers up 5% (55.1 to 57.8).
About David E Williams Middle School
David E Williams Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Montour SD. The school enrolls 952 students, from grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Pennsylvania) has about 594 students.
Montour SD enrolls 3,232 students, and its 3 schools include David E Williams Middle School.
At David E Williams Middle School, White students make up 79% of the student body. The school is also 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Allegheny County is about 76% White. David E Williams Middle School's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 57.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.5:1. That is higher than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 32%. On average, public schools in Allegheny County report 54%.
After adjusting for student poverty, David E Williams Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.2%; the prediction is 63.7%.
Within Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Allegheny County has 277 public schools and roughly 141,392 students.
Sto-Rox Upper Elementary School is located about 0.5 miles from David E Williams Middle School. The five-mile area around David E Williams Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 47.7% proficiency; David E Williams Middle School posts 70.2%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
David E Williams Middle School's enrollment climbed from 923 in 2020-21 to 952 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.1:1 to 16.5:1.
The David E Williams Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montour SD
- Montour Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,276 students
- Montour High SchoolHigh · 1,004 students
Other schools in Coraopolis
- Cornell Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
- Cornell High SchoolHigh · 252 students
Nearby schools
- Sto-Rox Upper Elementary School0.5 mi · 193
- Sto-Rox Primary Center0.6 mi · 317
- Montour High School1.5 mi · 1,004
- Montour Elementary School1.7 mi · 1,276
- Sto-Rox JSHS1.7 mi · 422
- Propel CS-Montour2.1 mi · 794
Frequently asked questions
About David E Williams Middle SchoolHow large is David E Williams Middle School?
David E Williams Middle School enrolls approximately 952 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does David E Williams Middle School serve?
David E Williams Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does David E Williams Middle School have?
David E Williams Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is David E Williams Middle School?
David E Williams Middle School reports a student body of 79% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees David E Williams Middle School?
David E Williams Middle School is overseen by Montour SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.