Enrollment
147
Middle
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEECHBURG AREA SD·NCES 421347007618
Leechburg Area Middle School
215 1st St., Leechburg, PA 15656 · (724) 845-7701 · Armstrong County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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
14.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
67 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 6 | 54 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 32% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Leechburg Area Middle School→Leechburg Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Leechburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.3pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 43.8% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Leechburg Area Middle School
Leechburg Area Middle School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leechburg Area Middle School this school | 147 | 45.6% | 47.7% |
| Oakview Elementary School West Middlesex | 171 | 51.5% | 59.1% |
| Greenwood Middle School Millerstown | 155 | 38.1% | 58.2% |
| Meyersdale Area Middle School Meyersdale | 163 | 53.4% | 52.1% |
| Northern Bedford County Middle School Loysburg | 205 | 46.8% | 49.9% |
| Weatherly Area Middle School Weatherly | 172 | 49.4% | 34.8% |
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 Leechburg Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #247 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #208 of 513 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #363 of 513 ▼ 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #508 of 522 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.6% | #297 of 510 |
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
147
-5 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 30.4:1
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 | 147 | 10.4 | 14.1:1 | 46% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 12.3 | 11.8:1 | 46% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 152 | 12.3 | 12.3:1 | 46% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 5 | 30.4:1 | 51% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 159 | 5.3 | 30.3:1 | 53% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leechburg Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (159 to 147); teachers up 99% (5.3 to 10.4).
About Leechburg Area Middle School
Leechburg Area Middle School is a public middle school in Leechburg, Pennsylvania. The school serves 147 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
Leechburg Area SD, which runs Leechburg Area Middle School, has 3 schools and 611 students.
The large majority of students at Leechburg Area Middle School, 92%, are White. Other reported shares: 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is close to the 95% White share among all Armstrong County residents. Leechburg Area Middle School has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Leechburg Area Middle School employs 10.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, lower than at this school. Leechburg Area Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 46%. The 90% average for public schools in Armstrong County is 44 points higher.
Leechburg Area Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 58.1%.
In the county around the school, Armstrong County, median household income is about $65,008, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 17 public schools operate in Armstrong County, serving about 6,972 students.
Nearest public school: David Leech Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Leechburg Area Middle School holds 6 other public schools. Leechburg Area Middle School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.7% against a local average of 53.3%.
NCES describes the area around Leechburg Area Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Leechburg Area Middle School went from 152 students to 147. The school's ratio fell from 30.4:1 to 14.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Armstrong County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,622
Census ACS
Median income
$65,008
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,972 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Leechburg Area SD
- David Leech Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Leechburg Area High SchoolHigh · 177 students
Other schools in Leechburg
- Kiski Area North Primary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- David Leech Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Leechburg Area High SchoolHigh · 177 students
Nearby schools
- David Leech Elementary School0.0 mi · 287
- Leechburg Area High School0.0 mi · 177
- Kiski Area North Primary School1.2 mi · 447
- Kiski Area IHS1.7 mi · 518
- Kiski Area High School1.9 mi · 1,075
- Kiski Area East Primary School2.8 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Leechburg Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Leechburg Area Middle School?
Leechburg Area Middle School enrolls approximately 147 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Leechburg Area Middle School serve?
Leechburg Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Leechburg Area Middle School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Leechburg Area Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Leechburg Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Leechburg Area Middle School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Leechburg Area Middle School in?
Leechburg Area Middle School is part of Leechburg Area SD.
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