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Enrollment
428
Middle
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEPORT AREA SD·NCES 421044007566
Freeport Area Middle School
629 South Pike Rd., Sarver, PA 16055 · (724) 295-9020 · Butler County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
14.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
124 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 141 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 31% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Freeport Area Middle School→Freeport Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Freeport Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
51.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.1% | 56.6% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Freeport Area Middle School
Freeport Area Middle School's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport Area Middle School this school | 428 | 29.0% | 65.3% |
| South Eastern Intrmd School Fawn Grove | 397 | 31.5% | 53.2% |
| Northwestern Lehigh Middle School New Tripoli | 440 | 24.8% | 55.9% |
| Greater Latrobe Junior High School Latrobe | 499 | 33.5% | 61.8% |
| Penn Middle School Jeannette | 518 | 24.7% | 70.7% |
| Knoch Middle School Saxonburg | 479 | 36.7% | 49.4% |
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 Freeport Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #66 of 479 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #108 of 513 ▼ 44 | #5 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #51 of 513 ▲ 3 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #349 of 522 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #364 of 486 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.5% | #483 of 486 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #415 of 510 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #265 of 332 | #5 of 6 |
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
428
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 428 | 29.9 | 14.3:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 30.3 | 14.1:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 33.1 | 13.5:1 | 27% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 33% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freeport Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (448 to 428); teachers down 10% (33.1 to 29.9).
About Freeport Area Middle School
Freeport Area Middle School is a small middle school found in Sarver, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 428 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 594.
Freeport Area Middle School is part of Freeport Area SD, where 4 schools serve 1,725 students.
Of every 100 students at Freeport Area Middle School, about 97 are White. The diversity index for Freeport Area Middle School is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.3 students per teacher. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 29% of students at Freeport Area Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Freeport Area Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
The model predicts 65.2% for a school in Pennsylvania with Freeport Area Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Freeport Area Middle School posts 65.3%.
In the surrounding county, Butler County, median household income comes to about $89,843, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 39 public schools and about 24,616 students.
Measured in a straight line, Freeport Area SHS is about 0.2 miles from Freeport Area Middle School. The five-mile area around Freeport Area Middle School holds 3 other public schools. Freeport Area Middle School's average proficiency of 65.3% compares with 65.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Freeport Area Middle School's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school's student count decreased 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for Freeport Area Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,254
Census ACS
Median income
$89,843
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
24,616 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Freeport Area SD
- Buffalo Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
- Freeport Area SHSHigh · 512 students
- South Buffalo Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Freeport Area SHS0.2 mi · 512
- Buffalo Elementary School2.2 mi · 564
- South Buffalo Elementary School2.7 mi · 221
- Highlands SHS6.0 mi · 665
- Highlands Middle School6.1 mi · 575
- Knoch Primary School6.3 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Freeport Area Middle SchoolHow large is Freeport Area Middle School?
Freeport Area Middle School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Freeport Area Middle School serve?
Freeport Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Freeport Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Freeport Area Middle School is approximately 14.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Freeport Area Middle School?
Freeport Area Middle School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Freeport Area Middle School public or private?
Freeport Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Freeport Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.