Enrollment
330
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARBOR CREEK SD·NCES 421149002048
Harbor Creek Junior High School
6375 Buffalo Rd, Harborcreek, PA 16421 · (814) 897-2100 · Erie County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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.
- A-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
12.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
151 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 7 | 161 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 51% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Harbor Creek Junior High School→Harbor Creek Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Harbor Creek SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
47.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 48.6% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Harbor Creek Junior High School
Harbor Creek Junior High School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Creek Junior High School this school | 330 | 45.8% | 60.0% |
| Everett Area Middle School Everett | 358 | 48.6% | 33.5% |
| Swift Middle School Quarryville | 326 | 48.2% | 35.0% |
| Wayne Highlands Middle School Honesdale | 408 | 51.0% | 66.3% |
| Bloomsburg Area Middle School Bloomsburg | 380 | 50.0% | 50.1% |
| Deer Lakes Middle School Cheswick | 383 | 45.4% | 50.7% |
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 Harbor Creek Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #100 of 479 | #5 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #137 of 513 ▼ 13 | #6 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #81 of 513 ▲ 77 | #4 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #410 of 522 | #13 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #159 of 486 | #9 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #361 of 486 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #295 of 510 | #13 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #271 of 332 | #13 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
330
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
-73% since 1990-91, when it was 1,227
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 330 | 27.4 | 12.1:1 | 46% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 27.1 | 12.7:1 | 44% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 27.6 | 14.1:1 | 36% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 25 | 12.5:1 | 43% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 24.6 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 30% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 26% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 1,231 | 78 | 15.8:1 | 14% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 1,227 | 68 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harbor Creek Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (344 to 330); teachers up 11% (24.6 to 27.4).
About Harbor Creek Junior High School
At 6375 Buffalo Rd in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, Harbor Creek Junior High School operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It enrolls 330 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. That is 44% below the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Harbor Creek Junior High School is among 5 schools run by Harbor Creek SD, which serves 2,079 students.
Roughly 87% of students at Harbor Creek Junior High School are White. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The diversity index for Harbor Creek Junior High School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 27.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.1:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Roughly 46% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 74% average for public schools in Erie County is 28 points higher.
Harbor Creek Junior High School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Harbor Creek Junior High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.0%, compared with a predicted 58.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Erie County show that median household income comes to about $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 68, with about 35,738 students.
Of the public schools around it, Harbor Creek Junior High School is closest to Harbor Creek Senior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Harbor Creek Junior High School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Harbor Creek Junior High School had a net gain of 18 students, or 6%.
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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 Harbor Creek SD
- Harbor Creek Senior High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- Rolling Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Klein Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Harbor Creek Senior High School0.0 mi · 692
- Clark Elementary School1.3 mi · 303
- Klein Elementary School2.1 mi · 282
- Rolling Ridge Elementary School2.7 mi · 472
- Iroquois JSHS3.0 mi · 560
- Iroquois Elementary School3.0 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Harbor Creek Junior High SchoolHow large is Harbor Creek Junior High School?
Harbor Creek Junior High School enrolls approximately 330 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Harbor Creek Junior High School serve?
Harbor Creek Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Harbor Creek Junior High School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Harbor Creek Junior High School.
How diverse is Harbor Creek Junior High School?
Harbor Creek Junior High School reports a student body of 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Harbor Creek Junior High School?
Harbor Creek Junior High School is overseen by Harbor Creek SD in Erie County.
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