David E Williams MS

As a heavily attended junior high in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, David E Williams MS caters to 952 students from grades 5 through 8, part of Montour SD. Enrollment runs roughly 60% larger than the state mean of about 594.

Across the 3 schools in Montour SD (3,232 students total), David E Williams MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, David E Williams MS lists that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest reads as 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, David E Williams MS lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at David E Williams MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, David E Williams MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) records that median household income runs about $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which David E Williams MS is one.

Sto-Rox Upper El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around David E Williams MS. On composite proficiency, David E Williams MS comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. David E Williams MS's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 833 (now 952). The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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