Enrollment
319
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINE MOUNTAIN SD·NCES 421446007494
Line Mountain Middle School
187 Line Mountain Rd, Herndon, PA 17830 · (570) 758-2011 · Northumberland County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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
15.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
159 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 5 | 70 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 29% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Line Mountain Middle School→Line Mountain High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Line Mountain SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
17.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.4pp 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 18 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 23.0% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% 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 Line Mountain Middle School
Line Mountain Middle School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line Mountain Middle School this school | 319 | 49.8% | 36.7% |
| Mohawk Junior High School New Castle | 329 | 50.5% | 51.2% |
| McGuffey Middle School Claysville | 342 | 51.8% | 45.5% |
| Everett Area Middle School Everett | 358 | 48.6% | 33.5% |
| Bellwood Antis Middle School Bellwood | 332 | 47.6% | 49.0% |
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School Philipsburg | 372 | 53.2% | 46.5% |
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 Line Mountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #370 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #420 of 513 ▼ 22 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #312 of 513 ▲ 37 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #419 of 522 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #422 of 486 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #462 of 486 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #259 of 510 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #174 of 332 | 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
319
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 319 | 20.8 | 15.4:1 | 50% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 20.8 | 15.8:1 | 49% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 22.5 | 13.6:1 | 48% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 47% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 25.3 | 14.0:1 | 45% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 40% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Line Mountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (354 to 319); teachers down 18% (25.3 to 20.8).
About Line Mountain Middle School
Line Mountain Middle School is a small middle-grades school that serves part of Herndon, Pennsylvania. Its 319 students are spread across grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Line Mountain SD totals 985 students.
About 95% of the student body at Line Mountain Middle School is White. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Line Mountain Middle School is 20.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.4:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Around 50% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 86% average for public schools in Northumberland County.
allk12 grades Line Mountain Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Line Mountain Middle School is -19.5 points, in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.7%, and the predicted rate is 56.2%.
Within Northumberland County, the median household income is $60,583, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Line Mountain Middle School, Northumberland County has 22 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Line Mountain High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Line Mountain Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools average 53.6% on proficiency, and Line Mountain Middle School is below that at 36.7%.
Under the NCES locale system, Line Mountain Middle School is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 317 to 319, a small change. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.4:1, from 13.8:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Northumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,560
Census ACS
Median income
$60,583
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,386 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Line Mountain SD
- Line Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Line Mountain High SchoolHigh · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Line Mountain High School0.0 mi · 311
- Upper Dauphin Area Middle School7.9 mi · 302
- Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School7.9 mi · 373
- Upper Dauphin Area High School8.1 mi · 331
- Selinsgrove Intrmd School9.7 mi · 535
- Selinsgrove Area High School9.8 mi · 744
Frequently asked questions
About Line Mountain Middle SchoolHow many students attend Line Mountain Middle School?
Line Mountain Middle School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Line Mountain Middle School serve?
Line Mountain Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Line Mountain Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Line Mountain Middle School is approximately 15.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Line Mountain Middle School?
Line Mountain Middle School reports a student body of 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Line Mountain Middle School?
Line Mountain Middle School is overseen by Line Mountain SD in Northumberland County.
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