Enrollment
340
Middle
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAWFORD CENTRAL SD·NCES 420708001653
Meadville Middle School
974 North St, Meadville, PA 16335 · (814) 333-1188 · Crawford County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
337 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 7 | 178 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 48% |
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
Meadville Middle School→Meadville Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Crawford Central SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 26.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Meadville Middle School
Meadville Middle School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadville Middle School this school | 340 | 99.1% | 43.5% |
| Albert Gallatin North Middle School McClellandtown | 375 | 98.9% | 37.4% |
| River Valley Middle School Blairsville | 332 | 95.8% | 42.8% |
| Windber Area Middle School Windber | 300 | 96.3% | 50.4% |
| Loyalsock Twp Middle School Williamsport | 353 | 99.2% | 54.4% |
| Derry Area Middle School Derry | 440 | 95.7% | 49.0% |
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 Meadville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #304 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #374 of 513 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #252 of 513 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #405 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #56 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #307 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #93 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #80 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
340
-64 (-16%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 340 | 31 | 11.0:1 | 99% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 31.2 | 10.8:1 | 99% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 31.7 | 11.2:1 | 99% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 99% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 31.9 | 12.8:1 | 54% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 51% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 49% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 58 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (409 to 340); teachers down 3% (31.9 to 31).
About Meadville Middle School
Meadville Middle School, a small middle-grades school, is located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 340 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
Besides Meadville Middle School, Crawford Central SD runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 2,993 students.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Meadville Middle School. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 2% Hispanic. In Crawford County overall, about 93% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.0:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, 13.2:1, is higher. Of all students at Meadville Middle School, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Crawford County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, Meadville Middle School lands at B, ahead of 64% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Meadville Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.5%) and its predicted rate (35.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Crawford County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $60,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,156, Meadville Middle School among them.
Meadville Area SHS is less than a tenth of a mile from Meadville Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Meadville Middle School holds 5 other public schools. The school's 43.5% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Meadville Middle School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 340, compared with 404 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 12.6 in 2020-21 to 11.0 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Meadville Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,716
Census ACS
Median income
$60,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crawford Central SD
- Meadville Area SHSHigh · 708 students
- Cochranton JSHSHigh · 341 students
- First District Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Neason Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Second District Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Cochranton Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
Other schools in Meadville
- Meadville Area SHSHigh · 708 students
- First District Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Neason Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Second District Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- West End Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Crawford County Career and Technical CenterHigh · 16 students
Nearby schools
- Meadville Area SHS0.0 mi · 708
- Crawford County Career and Technical Center0.1 mi · 16
- Neason Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 333
- First District Elementary School1.2 mi · 334
- Second District Elementary School1.4 mi · 316
- West End Elementary School5.6 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Meadville Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Meadville Middle School?
Meadville Middle School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 07-08.
Is Meadville Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meadville Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Meadville Middle School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Meadville Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meadville Middle School?
At Meadville Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Meadville Middle School public or private?
Meadville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Crawford Central SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.