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Enrollment
471
Middle
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT LEBOEUF SD·NCES 420999005328
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School
865 Cherry St, Waterford, PA 16441 · (814) 796-2681 · Erie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
241 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 147 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 36% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 LeBoeuf Middle School→Fort LeBoeuf SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fort LeBoeuf SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.3% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 50.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 LeBoeuf Middle School
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort LeBoeuf Middle School this school | 471 | 51.2% | 60.8% |
| Huntingdon Area Middle School Huntingdon | 419 | 49.9% | 44.3% |
| Yough Intrmd/MS School Ruffsdale | 541 | 51.4% | 41.2% |
| Rock L Butler Middle School Wellsboro | 433 | 54.7% | 59.8% |
| Selinsgrove Area Middle School Selinsgrove | 532 | 50.2% | 51.1% |
| Chestnut Ridge Middle School Fishertown | 424 | 54.7% | 55.8% |
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 LeBoeuf Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #93 of 479 | #4 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #109 of 513 ▼ 1 | #5 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #98 of 513 ▲ 1 | #5 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #323 of 522 | #8 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #220 of 486 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #428 of 486 | #13 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #248 of 510 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #217 of 332 | #10 of 13 |
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
471
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
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 | 471 | 37.1 | 12.7:1 | 51% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 37.1 | 12.9:1 | 50% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 37.1 | 12.8:1 | 46% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 52% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 36.2 | 14.1:1 | 46% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 48% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 38% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 30% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 712 | 35 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort LeBoeuf Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (512 to 471); teachers up 2% (36.2 to 37.1).
About Fort LeBoeuf Middle School
Families in Waterford, Pennsylvania, are served by Fort LeBoeuf Middle School, a small middle school. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 471 students enrolled. It has 21% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School is among 5 schools run by Fort LeBoeuf SD, which serves 1,924 students.
At Fort LeBoeuf Middle School, 92% of students are White. It is also 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 83% White. The diversity index for Fort LeBoeuf Middle School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 51%. Among public schools in Erie County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fort LeBoeuf Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 60.8% actual against 55.7% predicted.
In Erie County, home to about 269,052 people, the median household earns about $63,354 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Fort LeBoeuf Middle School shares Erie County with 67 other public schools.
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Fort LeBoeuf SHS, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Fort LeBoeuf Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.7:1 in 2020-21, and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,052
Census ACS
Median income
$63,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
35,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort LeBoeuf SD
- Fort LeBoeuf SHSHigh · 652 students
- Robison Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Mill Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 102 students
Other schools in Waterford
- Fort LeBoeuf SHSHigh · 652 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Fort LeBoeuf SHS0.1 mi · 652
- Waterford Elementary School0.5 mi · 340
- Mill Village Elementary School5.3 mi · 102
- James W Parker Middle School7.3 mi · 652
- General McLane High School7.4 mi · 690
- Robison Elementary School7.8 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Fort LeBoeuf Middle SchoolHow large is Fort LeBoeuf Middle School?
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fort LeBoeuf Middle School serve?
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Fort LeBoeuf Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Fort LeBoeuf Middle School.
How diverse is Fort LeBoeuf Middle School?
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Fort LeBoeuf Middle School public or private?
Fort LeBoeuf Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fort LeBoeuf SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.