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How has Founders Hall Middle Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
642
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKEESPORT AREA SD·NCES 421494000565
Founders Hall Middle School
3600 O'Neil Boulevard, McKeesport, PA 15132 · (412) 664-3690 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
636 students
DISTRICT 106% · 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 | 219 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 36% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Founders Hall Middle School→McKeesport Area SHS
Based on grade levels within McKeesport Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
17.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
5.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.6% | 5.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 7.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Founders Hall Middle School
Founders Hall Middle School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founders Hall Middle School this school | 642 | 99.1% | 15.4% |
| Steel Valley Middle School Munhall | 429 | 98.8% | 28.7% |
| Science Leadership Academy Middle School Philadelphia | 353 | 99.7% | 40.8% |
| Pottstown Middle School Pottstown | 918 | 98.4% | 19.1% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School Erie | 769 | 96.1% | 18.0% |
| Dickson Prep STEAM Academy Swissvale | 579 | 80.3% | 19.9% |
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 Founders Hall Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #463 of 479 | #46 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.9% | #491 of 513 ▼ 10 | #49 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #490 of 513 ▼ 10 | #48 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #207 of 522 | #18 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #28 of 486 | #5 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #60 of 486 | #5 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #95 of 510 | #13 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #111 of 332 | #13 of 27 |
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
642
-142 (-18%) vs 2020
+23% since 2000-01, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 642 | 63.4 | 10.1:1 | 99% (636) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 67.4 | 9.4:1 | 100% (636) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 68.4 | 10.2:1 | 100% (695) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 63 | 12.4:1 | 100% (781) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 60.6 | 12.4:1 | 100% (749) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 65 | 12.2:1 | 100% (794) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 62 | 9.6:1 | 61% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Founders Hall Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (751 to 642); teachers up 5% (60.6 to 63.4).
About Founders Hall Middle School
Founders Hall Middle School is a mid-sized middle school based in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 642 students.
McKeesport Area SD is the district for Founders Hall Middle School. It has 4 schools and 2,883 students.
The biggest share of students at Founders Hall Middle School, 50%, is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 11% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. In Allegheny County overall, about 13% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
With 63.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.1:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Founders Hall Middle School, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Founders Hall Middle School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Founders Hall Middle School scores 19.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 15.4% actual versus 35.1% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Allegheny County, home to about 1,238,177 people, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Founders Hall Middle School, Allegheny County has 277 public schools.
Founders Hall Middle School is about 0.2 miles from McKeesport Area SHS, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Founders Hall Middle School is behind the 28.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
Founders Hall Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decline, from 784 to 642. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.4:1 to 10.1:1 over the same years.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Founders Hall Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 McKeesport Area SD
- McKeesport Area SHSHigh · 966 students
- Francis McClure Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Twin Rivers Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
Other schools in McKeesport
- McKeesport Area SHSHigh · 966 students
- Francis McClure Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Twin Rivers Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- South Allegheny High SchoolHigh · 464 students
- South Allegheny Middle SchoolMiddle · 321 students
- Propel CS-McKeesportElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- McKeesport Area SHS0.2 mi · 966
- Propel CS-McKeesport0.8 mi · 302
- Francis McClure Elementary School1.3 mi · 668
- Twin Rivers Elementary School1.3 mi · 607
- Duquesne Elementary School1.9 mi · 460
- Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny CS2.2 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Founders Hall Middle SchoolHow large is Founders Hall Middle School?
Founders Hall Middle School enrolls approximately 642 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Founders Hall Middle School serve?
Founders Hall Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Founders Hall Middle School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Founders Hall Middle School.
How diverse is Founders Hall Middle School?
Founders Hall Middle School reports a student body of 32% White, 6% Hispanic, 50% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Founders Hall Middle School?
Founders Hall Middle School is overseen by McKeesport Area SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.