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Enrollment
720
Middle
DISTRICT 863 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSVILLE AREA SD·NCES 421971005265
Lengel Middle School
1541 Laurel Blvd, Pottsville, PA 17901 · (570) 621-2923 · Schuylkill County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- 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
13.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
455 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 157 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 188 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 25% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Lengel Middle School→Pottsville Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pottsville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -16.1pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 32.3% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Lengel Middle School
Lengel Middle School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lengel Middle School this school | 720 | 63.2% | 38.3% |
| Hanover Middle School Hanover | 636 | 66.2% | 41.3% |
| Pittston Area Middle School Pittston | 761 | 72.9% | 32.7% |
| Log College Middle School Warminster | 603 | 64.0% | 43.7% |
| Chambersburg Area MS - North Chambersburg | 1,072 | 62.3% | 49.8% |
| West York Area Middle School York | 645 | 55.5% | 34.6% |
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 Lengel Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #356 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #348 of 513 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #430 of 513 ▼ 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #162 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #284 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #153 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #190 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #227 of 332 |
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
720
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 891
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 720 | 53.8 | 13.4:1 | 63% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 52.3 | 13.0:1 | 67% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 51.8 | 13.5:1 | 66% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 54% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 52.7 | 14.8:1 | 62% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 58 | 13.8:1 | 56% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 896 | 54 | 16.6:1 | 56% (500) |
| 2000-01 | 937 | 45 | 20.8:1 | 45% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 891 | 58 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lengel Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (777 to 720); teachers up 2% (52.7 to 53.8).
About Lengel Middle School
Lengel Middle School, a mid-sized middle school, is located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 720 students. It has 21% more students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
Lengel Middle School is run by Pottsville Area SD, whose 3 schools enroll 2,588 students.
Federal enrollment data show Lengel Middle School is 67% White. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. Schuylkill County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.4 students per teacher. The 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Roughly 63% of students at Lengel Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Schuylkill County is similar, at 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lengel Middle School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
In Pennsylvania, Lengel Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.3% actual against a predicted 50.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Schuylkill County show that the median household earns about $68,313 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Schuylkill County has 35 public schools with about 18,259 students, including Lengel Middle School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Pottsville Area High School, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lengel Middle School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Lengel Middle School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 720, close to the 713 recorded in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Lengel Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pottsville Area SD
- Pottsville Area High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Clarke El CenterElementary · 892 students
Other schools in Pottsville
- Pottsville Area High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Clarke El CenterElementary · 892 students
- Minersville Area JSHSHigh · 481 students
- Gillingham Charter SchoolCombined · 233 students
- Early Childhood Edu CenterElementary · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Pottsville Area High School0.1 mi · 976
- Clarke El Center0.3 mi · 892
- Gillingham Charter School0.6 mi · 233
- Saint Clair Area El/MS2.8 mi · 547
- Minersville Area El Center2.9 mi · 468
- Minersville Area JSHS3.1 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Lengel Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lengel Middle School?
Lengel Middle School enrolls approximately 720 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Lengel Middle School serve?
Lengel Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lengel Middle School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Lengel Middle School.
How diverse is Lengel Middle School?
Lengel Middle School reports a student body of 67% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lengel Middle School public or private?
Lengel Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pottsville Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.