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Enrollment
716
Middle
DISTRICT 891 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN-WHITEHALL SD·NCES 420297006787
J.E. Harrison Middle School
129 Windvale Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 · (412) 885-7530 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest 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
13.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
713 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 381 | 53% |
| Grade 7 | 334 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
J.E. Harrison Middle School→Baldwin SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Baldwin-Whitehall SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
28.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -23.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 51.5% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 J.E. Harrison Middle School
J.E. Harrison Middle School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.E. Harrison Middle School this school | 716 | 99.6% | 51.3% |
| Linglestown Middle School Harrisburg | 841 | 96.9% | 43.4% |
| Central Dauphin East Middle School Harrisburg | 702 | 94.4% | 27.5% |
| Gateway Middle School Monroeville | 1,017 | 99.6% | 47.6% |
| Neil A Armstrong Middle School Fairless Hills | 668 | 99.3% | 25.5% |
| Loyalsock Twp Middle School Williamsport | 353 | 99.2% | 54.4% |
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 J.E. Harrison Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #194 of 479 | #27 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #351 of 513 ▼ 254 | #34 of 51 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #343 of 513 ▼ 67 | #34 of 51 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #163 of 522 | #13 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #310 of 486 | #35 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #111 of 486 | #9 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #82 of 510 | #12 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #31 of 332 | #5 of 27 |
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
716
-405 (-36%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 716 | 52.3 | 13.7:1 | 100% (713) |
| 2023-24 | 1,409 | 85.7 | 16.4:1 | 54% (760) |
| 2022-23 | 1,143 | 73.1 | 15.6:1 | 58% (668) |
| 2020-21 | 1,121 | 99 | 11.3:1 | 49% (549) |
| 2017-18 | 979 | 54.5 | 18.0:1 | 43% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 983 | 55 | 17.9:1 | 41% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 909 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 34% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 1,157 | 72 | 16.1:1 | 16% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 39 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.E. Harrison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (979 to 716); teachers down 4% (54.5 to 52.3).
About J.E. Harrison Middle School
J.E. Harrison Middle School is a medium-sized middle school with an address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 716 students in grades 6 through 7. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students, so this school is 21% above average.
J.E. Harrison Middle School is a school in Baldwin-Whitehall SD. The district has 5 schools and 4,456 students.
At 60%, White students outnumber all other groups at J.E. Harrison Middle School combined. The remaining students are 25% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Allegheny County, the White share is about 76%. By the diversity index, J.E. Harrison Middle School comes in at 57%.
With 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at J.E. Harrison Middle School was 13.7:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 13.2:1, a similar figure. J.E. Harrison Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County, the school's rate is higher.
J.E. Harrison Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
J.E. Harrison Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.3% is 16.4 points above the 34.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Allegheny County show that median household income is about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 277 public schools in Allegheny County, with a combined enrollment of about 141,392.
The school nearest to J.E. Harrison Middle School is Whitehall Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of J.E. Harrison Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.2%; J.E. Harrison Middle School's is 51.3%, ranking 4th of 7.
J.E. Harrison Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
J.E. Harrison Middle School had 1,121 students in 2020-21 and 716 in 2024-25, a 36% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.3:1 to 13.7:1.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin-Whitehall SD
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- R.A. Lutz Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,060 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- McAnnulty Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Whitehall Elementary School0.3 mi · 669
- McAnnulty Elementary School0.5 mi · 354
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 348
- Baldwin SHS1.2 mi · 1,657
- Myrtle Ave School1.7 mi · 312
- Moore School1.8 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About J.E. Harrison Middle SchoolHow many students attend J.E. Harrison Middle School?
J.E. Harrison Middle School enrolls approximately 716 students in grades 06-07.
What grades does J.E. Harrison Middle School serve?
J.E. Harrison Middle School serves grades 06-07.
How many students per teacher at J.E. Harrison Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at J.E. Harrison Middle School.
What is the student diversity at J.E. Harrison Middle School?
Student demographics at J.E. Harrison Middle School are roughly 60% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 25% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is J.E. Harrison Middle School public or private?
J.E. Harrison Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baldwin-Whitehall SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.