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Enrollment
647
Middle
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER ST. CLAIR SD·NCES 422457000491
Fort Couch Middle School
515 Fort Couch Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15241 · (412) 833-1600 · Allegheny County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
73 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 7 | 319 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 51% |
Student demographics
38%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
Fort Couch Middle School→Upper Saint Clair High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Upper St. Clair SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
86.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 87.7% | 73.1% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Fort Couch Middle School
Fort Couch Middle School's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Couch Middle School this school | 647 | 11.3% | 79.9% |
| Carson Middle School Pittsburgh | 652 | 14.0% | 64.3% |
| Boyce Middle School Pittsburgh | 624 | 12.3% | 84.5% |
| Newtown Middle School Newtown | 833 | 13.8% | 73.7% |
| Charles F Patton Middle School Kennett Square | 842 | 9.6% | 74.9% |
| Park Forest Middle School State College | 822 | 15.1% | 71.3% |
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 Fort Couch Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #8 of 479 | #3 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #17 of 513 ▼ 8 | #5 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #3 of 513 ▼ 1 | #2 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #203 of 522 | #17 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #281 of 486 | #33 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #253 of 486 | #26 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.3% | #497 of 510 | #46 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #116 of 131 | #17 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
647
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 647 | 48.5 | 13.3:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 47.3 | 13.1:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 47.3 | 12.7:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 44.3 | 14.4:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 44 | 16.2:1 | 6% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 39 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Couch Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (637 to 647); teachers up 10% (44.3 to 48.5).
About Fort Couch Middle School
Fort Couch Middle School, a medium-sized middle school, is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 647 students covers grades 7 through 8.
Fort Couch Middle School reports to Upper St. Clair SD, which has 6 schools and 4,003 students.
Fort Couch Middle School is 77% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 13% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The county population is about 76% White, within a few points of the school. Fort Couch Middle School's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Fort Couch Middle School is 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.3:1. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. About 11% of students, or 73, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Allegheny County averages 54%, higher than here.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Fort Couch Middle School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Fort Couch Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.9% is 7.2 points above the 72.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Fort Couch Middle School, Allegheny County has 276 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Eisenhower Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Fort Couch Middle School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Fort Couch Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has grown by 19 students since 2020-21, to 647.
Discussions about Fort Couch Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Upper St. Clair SD
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Boyce Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Streams Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Eisenhower Elementary School0.3 mi · 524
- Markham Elementary School1.0 mi · 296
- Upper Saint Clair High School1.4 mi · 1,269
- Hoover Elementary School1.4 mi · 285
- Foster Elementary School1.5 mi · 304
- Independence Middle School1.6 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Couch Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fort Couch Middle School?
Fort Couch Middle School enrolls approximately 647 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Fort Couch Middle School serve?
Fort Couch Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Fort Couch Middle School have?
Fort Couch Middle School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is Fort Couch Middle School?
Fort Couch Middle School reports a student body of 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fort Couch Middle School?
Fort Couch Middle School is overseen by Upper St. Clair SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.