McGuffey MS

McGuffey MS operates as a compact 6-8 campus in Claysville, Pennsylvania, run under McGuffey SD. Current enrollment sits at 342 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 594.

McGuffey MS is one of 4 schools operated by McGuffey SD, a district that hosts 1,513 students overall.

On the student-mix side, McGuffey MS reports that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the resource side, McGuffey MS records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, McGuffey MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.4%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of -9.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,958 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students), McGuffey MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McGuffey HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around McGuffey MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McGuffey MS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025.

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