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Enrollment
657
Middle
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPEWELL AREA SD·NCES 421203000674
Hopewell Junior High School
2354 Brodhead Rd, Aliquippa, PA 15001 · (724) 375-7765 · Beaver County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
283 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 5 | 170 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 191 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 135 | 21% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Hopewell Junior High School→Hopewell SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hopewell Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 42.8% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Hopewell Junior High School
Hopewell Junior High School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Junior High School this school | 657 | 43.1% | 48.0% |
| Laurel Highlands Middle School Uniontown | 662 | 47.1% | 38.2% |
| Shaler Area Middle School Glenshaw | 589 | 41.1% | 47.2% |
| Trinity Middle School Washington | 759 | 46.1% | 53.9% |
| Elizabeth Forward Middle School Elizabeth | 538 | 40.9% | 52.4% |
| Boyertown Area MS-West Boyertown | 668 | 39.8% | 51.6% |
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 Hopewell Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #243 of 479 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #163 of 513 ▲ 17 | #2 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #303 of 513 ▼ 45 | #4 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #196 of 522 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #329 of 486 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #359 of 486 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.1% | #319 of 510 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #81 of 131 | 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
657
+28 (+4%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 657 | 47.2 | 13.9:1 | 43% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 47.2 | 13.7:1 | 44% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 45.6 | 13.6:1 | 39% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 37% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 46.5 | 13.4:1 | 35% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 46 | 13.1:1 | 30% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 25% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 986 | 60 | 16.4:1 | 16% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 823 | 37 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopewell Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (623 to 657); teachers up 2% (46.5 to 47.2).
About Hopewell Junior High School
Hopewell Junior High School is a medium-sized middle school with its address in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. The school counts 657 students across grades 5 through 8.
Hopewell Area SD runs Hopewell Junior High School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,007 students in total.
The large majority of students at Hopewell Junior High School, 87%, are White. Next come 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 87% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Hopewell Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
Hopewell Junior High School's 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 43%. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Beaver County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Hopewell Junior High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hopewell Junior High School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 48.0% actual against 59.1% predicted.
In the county around the school, Beaver County, median household income is about $71,089, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hopewell Junior High School is among the 52 public schools in Beaver County.
Margaret Ross Elementary School is located about 0.1 miles from Hopewell Junior High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 48.0% is above the 45.1% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Hopewell Junior High School had 629 students in 2020-21 and 657 in 2024-25, a 4% increase.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hopewell Area SD
- Hopewell SHSHigh · 614 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- Margaret Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 185 students
Other schools in Aliquippa
- Hopewell SHSHigh · 614 students
- Center Grange Primary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Aliquippa JSHSHigh · 493 students
- Aliquippa Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
Nearby schools
- Margaret Ross Elementary School0.1 mi · 185
- Hopewell SHS0.5 mi · 614
- Hopewell Elementary School1.3 mi · 323
- Aliquippa JSHS1.4 mi · 493
- Aliquippa Elementary School1.5 mi · 480
- Ambridge Area High School1.9 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About Hopewell Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Hopewell Junior High School?
Hopewell Junior High School enrolls approximately 657 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Hopewell Junior High School serve?
Hopewell Junior High School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hopewell Junior High School have?
Hopewell Junior High School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Hopewell Junior High School?
Hopewell Junior High School reports a student body of 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Hopewell Junior High School?
Hopewell Junior High School is overseen by Hopewell Area SD in Beaver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.