Enrollment
163
Middle
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEYERSDALE AREA SD·NCES 421515000444
Meyersdale Area Middle School
1353 Shaw Mines Rd, Meyersdale, PA 15552 · (814) 634-1437 · Somerset County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
87 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 6 | 44 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 36% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Meyersdale Area Middle School→Meyersdale Area High School
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
35.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 37.1% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Meyersdale Area Middle School
Meyersdale Area Middle School's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyersdale Area Middle School this school | 163 | 53.4% | 52.1% |
| Oakview Elementary School West Middlesex | 171 | 51.5% | 59.1% |
| Ridgway Area Middle School Ridgway | 198 | 54.5% | 59.4% |
| Sharpsville Area Middle School Sharpsville | 217 | 54.4% | 48.8% |
| Frazier Middle School Perryopolis | 221 | 56.1% | 36.4% |
| McConnellsburg Middle School McConnellsburg | 213 | 49.8% | 48.1% |
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 Meyersdale Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #186 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #273 of 513 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #149 of 513 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #501 of 522 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #231 of 510 |
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
163
-19 (-10%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 163 | 13.2 | 12.3:1 | 53% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 12.2 | 13.8:1 | 51% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 12.5 | 14.9:1 | 57% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 11 | 16.6:1 | 54% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 197 | 14.6 | 13.5:1 | 55% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 194 | 14 | 13.9:1 | 49% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 43% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 38% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meyersdale Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (197 to 163); teachers down 9% (14.6 to 13.2).
About Meyersdale Area Middle School
Meyersdale Area Middle School is a very small middle school for students in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 163 students. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
A total of 3 schools make up Meyersdale Area SD, with 747 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Meyersdale Area Middle School, about 94 are White. Other students are 3% Black. Census estimates put Somerset County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at Meyersdale Area Middle School are from different groups.
Staffing at Meyersdale Area Middle School comes to 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3:1. The school's 12.3:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Somerset County.
On the allk12 Grade, Meyersdale Area Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 65% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.7%. Meyersdale Area Middle School scores 52.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Somerset County show that median household income comes to about $61,446, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somerset County counts 29 public schools with about 8,271 students.
Meyersdale Area High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Meyersdale Area Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Meyersdale Area Middle School holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 53.2% proficiency; Meyersdale Area Middle School posts 52.1%.
NCES describes the area around Meyersdale Area Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 19 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.6:1 in 2020-21, and 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,799
Census ACS
Median income
$61,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
8,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Meyersdale Area SD
- Meyersdale Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Meyersdale Area High SchoolHigh · 246 students
Other schools in Meyersdale
- Meyersdale Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Meyersdale Area High SchoolHigh · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Meyersdale Area High School0.1 mi · 246
- Meyersdale Area Elementary School0.1 mi · 338
- Salisbury-Elk Lick JSHS3.9 mi · 125
- Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School3.9 mi · 130
- Route 40 Elementary7.8 mi · 123
- Grantsville Elementary9.2 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Meyersdale Area Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Meyersdale Area Middle School?
Meyersdale Area Middle School enrolls approximately 163 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Meyersdale Area Middle School serve?
Meyersdale Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Meyersdale Area Middle School have?
Meyersdale Area Middle School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Meyersdale Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Meyersdale Area Middle School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Meyersdale Area Middle School in?
Meyersdale Area Middle School is part of Meyersdale Area SD.
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