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Enrollment
442
Middle
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GROVE CITY AREA SD·NCES 421122007389
Grove City Area Middle School
100 Middle School Drive, Grove City, PA 16127 · (724) 458-8040 · Mercer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test 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
11.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
186 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 129 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 38% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Grove City Area Middle School→Grove City Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Grove City Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 47.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Grove City Area Middle School
Grove City Area Middle School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City Area Middle School this school | 442 | 42.1% | 53.0% |
| Charles A Huston Middle School Lower Burrell | 399 | 42.6% | 35.3% |
| Bedford Middle School Bedford | 414 | 45.2% | 50.5% |
| Maple Avenue Middle School Littlestown | 413 | 38.0% | 37.7% |
| Slippery Rock Area Middle School Slippery Rock | 404 | 39.4% | 62.6% |
| Elizabeth Forward Middle School Elizabeth | 538 | 40.9% | 52.4% |
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 Grove City Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #176 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #149 of 513 ▼ 11 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #234 of 513 ▲ 48 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #341 of 522 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #130 of 486 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #391 of 486 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #327 of 510 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #266 of 332 | N/A |
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
442
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 442 | 37.3 | 11.8:1 | 42% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 35.8 | 11.4:1 | 46% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 29.7 | 13.5:1 | 37% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 99% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 29.9 | 15.5:1 | 26% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 35% (165) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grove City Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (463 to 442); teachers up 25% (29.9 to 37.3).
About Grove City Area Middle School
Grove City Area Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Grove City, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 442 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 26% below the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Grove City Area SD is made up of 3 schools with 1,859 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Grove City Area Middle School, about 90 are White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Census estimates put Mercer County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
There are 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Grove City Area Middle School, giving a ratio of 11.8:1. The school's 11.8:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. By family income, 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 71% average among public schools in Mercer County.
On the allk12 Grade, Grove City Area Middle School lands at B, ahead of 61% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.6% for Grove City Area Middle School. The school posts 53.0%, 6.6 points below the prediction.
In Mercer County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $59,976 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Mercer County number 37, with about 12,815 students.
Grove City Area Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Hillview Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Grove City Area Middle School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (435) to 2024-25 (442). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.0:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
109,257
Census ACS
Median income
$59,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
12,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grove City Area SD
- Hillview Elementary SchoolElementary · 768 students
- Grove City Area High SchoolHigh · 649 students
- Grove City Area George Jr Elementary SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr High SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr Middle SchoolCombined
Other schools in Grove City
- Hillview Elementary SchoolElementary · 768 students
- Grove City Area High SchoolHigh · 649 students
- Grove City Area George Jr Elementary SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr High SchoolCombined
- Grove City Area George Jr Middle SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Hillview Elementary School0.2 mi · 768
- Grove City Area High School1.5 mi · 649
- Slippery Rock Area Elementary School5.4 mi · 453
- Slippery Rock Area Middle School6.5 mi · 404
- Slippery Rock Area High School6.6 mi · 627
- Victory Elementary School8.3 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Grove City Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Grove City Area Middle School?
Grove City Area Middle School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Grove City Area Middle School serve?
Grove City Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Grove City Area Middle School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Grove City Area Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Grove City Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Grove City Area Middle School are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Grove City Area Middle School?
Grove City Area Middle School is overseen by Grove City Area SD in Mercer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.