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Enrollment
662
Middle
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUREL HIGHLANDS SD·NCES 421332005146
Laurel Highlands Middle School
18-20 Hookton Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401 · (724) 437-2865 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
312 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 231 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 35% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Laurel Highlands Middle School→Laurel Highlands SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Laurel Highlands SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.4pp 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 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 27.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Laurel Highlands Middle School
Laurel Highlands Middle School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Highlands Middle School this school | 662 | 47.1% | 38.2% |
| Indiana Area Junior High School Indiana | 628 | 50.8% | 56.0% |
| Hopewell Junior High School Aliquippa | 657 | 43.1% | 48.0% |
| Trinity Middle School Washington | 759 | 46.1% | 53.9% |
| Ringgold Middle School Monongahela | 738 | 49.7% | 32.4% |
| West Hempfield Middle School Irwin | 546 | 47.1% | 52.8% |
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 Laurel Highlands Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #358 of 479 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #337 of 513 ▲ 28 | #5 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #301 of 513 ▲ 78 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #191 of 522 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #402 of 486 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #311 of 486 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #284 of 510 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #252 of 332 | #6 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
662
+22 (+3%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 662 | 44.3 | 14.9:1 | 47% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 45.3 | 14.0:1 | 49% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 44.3 | 14.3:1 | 54% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 63% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 44.9 | 15.6:1 | 8% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 52% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 46% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 52% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Highlands Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (702 to 662); teachers down 1% (44.9 to 44.3).
About Laurel Highlands Middle School
Laurel Highlands Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with its address in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 662 students in 2024-25.
The district, Laurel Highlands SD, has 2,647 students enrolled across 6 schools.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Laurel Highlands Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 9% multiracial and 5% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
Teacher count: 44.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.9:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, 13.2:1, is lower. Roughly 47% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Fayette County is 92%.
On the allk12 Grade, Laurel Highlands Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 19% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Laurel Highlands Middle School posts 38.2% against a 57.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Pennsylvania.
For the population of Fayette County, the median household earns about $58,236 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Fayette County, 39 public schools serve about 15,340 students.
The closest school to Laurel Highlands Middle School is Ben Franklin School, located about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Laurel Highlands Middle School's average proficiency of 38.2% compares with 35.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Laurel Highlands Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 662, up from 640 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Laurel Highlands Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,997
Census ACS
Median income
$58,236
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
15,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laurel Highlands SD
- Laurel Highlands SHSHigh · 753 students
- Hatfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Hutchinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
Other schools in Uniontown
- Albert Gallatin Area SHSHigh · 920 students
- Laurel Highlands SHSHigh · 753 students
- Uniontown Area SHSHigh · 716 students
- Ben Franklin SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Hatfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Menallen SchoolElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Ben Franklin School1.1 mi · 502
- Hatfield Elementary School1.6 mi · 342
- Uniontown Area SHS1.8 mi · 716
- Fayette County Career & Technical Institute2.3 mi · 15
- Laurel Highlands SHS2.5 mi · 753
- Lafayette Elementary School2.6 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel Highlands Middle SchoolHow many students attend Laurel Highlands Middle School?
Laurel Highlands Middle School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Laurel Highlands Middle School serve?
Laurel Highlands Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Laurel Highlands Middle School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Laurel Highlands Middle School.
How diverse is Laurel Highlands Middle School?
Laurel Highlands Middle School reports a student body of 82% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Laurel Highlands Middle School?
Laurel Highlands Middle School is overseen by Laurel Highlands SD in Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.