Founders Hall Middle Sch

Located at 3600 O'Neil Boulevard, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Founders Hall Middle Sch is a mid-sized junior high that instructs 642 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by McKeesport Area SD.

Across the 4 schools in McKeesport Area SD (2,883 students total), Founders Hall Middle Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Founders Hall Middle Sch reports that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 32% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Founders Hall Middle Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Founders Hall Middle Sch is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.1%; Founders Hall Middle Sch posts 15.4%, -19.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) reports that median household income runs about $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Founders Hall Middle Sch is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

The closest other public school is McKeesport Area SHS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Founders Hall Middle Sch comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Founders Hall Middle Sch's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 642). White enrollment moved from 47% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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