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What's one thing Easton Area MS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,879
Middle
DISTRICT 881 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTON AREA SD·NCES 420885007563
Easton Area Middle School
1010 Echo Trail, Easton, PA 18040 · (610) 250-2460 · Northampton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,879 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- BBeats 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
141 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,876 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 603 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 637 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 639 | 34% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Easton Area Middle School→Easton Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Easton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
20.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 18.4% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Easton Area Middle School
Easton Area Middle School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easton Area Middle School this school | 1,879 | 99.8% | 31.8% |
| Wyoming Valley West Middle School Kingston | 1,139 | 99.5% | 22.3% |
| Swiftwater Interm School Swiftwater | 737 | 99.6% | 47.4% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School Levittown | 754 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
| Solomon/Plains Middle School Plains | 758 | 97.8% | 26.4% |
| Pocono Mountain West Junior High School Pocono Summit | 697 | 97.7% | 34.3% |
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 Easton Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northampton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #410 of 479 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #407 of 513 ▲ 22 | #10 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #361 of 513 ▲ 48 | #10 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,879 | #2 of 522 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #283 of 486 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #16 of 486 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #75 of 510 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #170 of 332 | #7 of 9 |
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
1,879
-145 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 1,879 | 140.5 | 13.4:1 | 100% (1,876) |
| 2023-24 | 1,904 | 139.7 | 13.6:1 | 100% (1,901) |
| 2022-23 | 1,874 | 130.3 | 14.4:1 | 100% (1,871) |
| 2020-21 | 2,024 | 127 | 15.9:1 | 96% (1,939) |
| 2017-18 | 2,093 | 115.9 | 18.1:1 | 98% (2,046) |
| 2015-16 | 2,720 | 150 | 18.1:1 | 52% (1,406) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Easton Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (2,093 to 1,879); teachers up 21% (115.9 to 140.5).
About Easton Area Middle School
Easton Area Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school for students in Easton, Pennsylvania. It has an enrollment of 1,879 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 594, and this school is 216% above that mark.
Federal data list 9 schools in Easton Area SD, with 7,928 students enrolled.
The student body at Easton Area Middle School has no majority group. White students lead at 38%. Next come 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 74% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Easton Area Middle School totals 140.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Easton Area Middle School is about 100%. Public schools in Northampton County average 61%.
Easton Area Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Easton Area Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.8%) and its predicted rate (34.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
For Northampton County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $89,184 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Northampton County number 60, with about 38,316 students.
Of the public schools around it, Easton Area Middle School is closest to Shawnee Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Easton Area Middle School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 2,024 students in 2020-21 to 1,879 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.4:1.
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Northampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,580
Census ACS
Median income
$89,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
38,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Easton Area SD
- Easton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Paxinosa Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Cheston Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Tracy Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
Other schools in Easton
- Easton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Wilson Area High SchoolHigh · 709 students
- Wilson Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Paxinosa Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Cheston Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Shawnee Elementary School0.1 mi · 567
- Paxinosa Elementary School1.0 mi · 572
- Forks Elementary School1.1 mi · 336
- Tracy Elementary School1.3 mi · 410
- Easton Arts Academy Elementary CS1.4 mi · 254
- March Elementary School1.4 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About Easton Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Easton Area Middle School?
Easton Area Middle School enrolls approximately 1,879 students in grades 06-08.
Is Easton Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Easton Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Easton Area Middle School have?
Easton Area Middle School employs 141 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Easton Area Middle School?
Easton Area Middle School reports a student body of 38% White, 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Easton Area Middle School public or private?
Easton Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Easton Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.