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Enrollment
661
Middle
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT LEBANON SD·NCES 421611000339
Mellon Middle School
11 Castle Shannon Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15228 · (412) 344-2122 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
91 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 6 | 233 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 210 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 33% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Mellon Middle School→Mt Lebanon SHS
Based on grade levels within Mt Lebanon SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
81.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 81.9% | 67.1% |
% 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Mellon Middle School
Mellon Middle School's state test result (76.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellon Middle School this school | 661 | 13.8% | 76.3% |
| Jefferson Middle School Pittsburgh | 621 | 17.6% | 76.6% |
| Lenape Middle School Doylestown | 779 | 11.8% | 62.6% |
| Independence Middle School Bethel Park | 602 | 19.1% | 63.9% |
| Southern Lehigh Intermediate School Bethlehem | 702 | 17.9% | 75.6% |
| Pine-Richland Middle School Gibsonia | 703 | 6.4% | 70.2% |
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 Mellon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #12 of 479 | #7 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #21 of 513 ▼ 2 | #7 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #15 of 513 ▲ 1 | #7 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #193 of 522 | #15 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #192 of 486 | #23 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #303 of 486 | #31 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #491 of 510 | #44 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #129 of 131 | #18 of 18 |
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
661
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 661 | 53.3 | 12.4:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 52.1 | 12.1:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 55.5 | 11.4:1 | 16% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 54 | 11.9:1 | 14% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 54.1 | 12.2:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 55 | 11.8:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 55 | 11.4:1 | 9% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 50 | 12.8:1 | 2% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mellon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (659 to 661); teachers down 2% (54.1 to 53.3).
About Mellon Middle School
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of Allegheny County, Mellon Middle School is a middle school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 661 students in 2024-25.
Mt Lebanon SD includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 5,477 students.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Mellon Middle School. Next come 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Mellon Middle School are from different groups.
With 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.4:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Mellon Middle School, 14% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in Allegheny County.
Mellon Middle School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.7% for Mellon Middle School. The school posts 76.3%, 4.5 points above the prediction.
In the wider Allegheny County area, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Mellon Middle School shares Allegheny County with 276 other public schools.
Mellon Middle School's nearest public school is Washington Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 78.9%; Mellon Middle School's is 76.3%, ranking 7th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt Lebanon SD
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.0 mi · 416
- Mt Lebanon SHS0.3 mi · 1,772
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 414
- Howe Elementary School0.8 mi · 398
- Jefferson Elementary School0.8 mi · 310
- Jefferson Middle School0.9 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Mellon Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mellon Middle School?
Mellon Middle School enrolls approximately 661 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mellon Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mellon Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mellon Middle School have?
Mellon Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Mellon Middle School?
Student demographics at Mellon Middle School are roughly 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Mellon Middle School?
Mellon Middle School is overseen by Mt Lebanon SD in Allegheny County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.