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Enrollment
445
Middle
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIFFLINBURG AREA SD·NCES 422601006809
Mifflinburg Area Middle School
100 Mabel St, Mifflinburg, PA 17844 · (570) 966-8290 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- 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
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
422 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 158 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 36% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Mifflinburg Area Middle School→Mifflinburg Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mifflinburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.6pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 45.7% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Mifflinburg Area Middle School
Mifflinburg Area Middle School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflinburg Area Middle School this school | 445 | 94.8% | 50.1% |
| Derry Area Middle School Derry | 440 | 95.7% | 49.0% |
| West Perry Middle School Elliottsburg | 499 | 96.6% | 44.1% |
| St Marys Area Middle School Saint Marys | 459 | 96.7% | 38.5% |
| Harlan Rowe Middle School Athens | 496 | 93.5% | 44.7% |
| River Valley Middle School Blairsville | 332 | 95.8% | 42.8% |
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 Mifflinburg Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #212 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #215 of 513 ▼ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #283 of 513 ▼ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #338 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #320 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #436 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #139 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #134 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
445
+37 (+9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 445 | 32.3 | 13.8:1 | 95% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 32.3 | 13.1:1 | 100% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 31.3 | 12.8:1 | 50% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 50% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 31.6 | 16.2:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 38% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 35% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 852 | 45 | 18.9:1 | 26% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 42 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mifflinburg Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (511 to 445); teachers up 2% (31.6 to 32.3).
About Mifflinburg Area Middle School
Mifflinburg Area Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Mifflinburg. The latest federal count shows 445 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 594-student average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 25% lower.
Mifflinburg Area SD is responsible for 4 schools, Mifflinburg Area Middle School included, with 1,701 students in all.
At Mifflinburg Area Middle School, White students make up 93% of the student body. The school is also 4% Hispanic. That is close to the 89% White share among all Union County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Mifflinburg Area Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
Federal data list 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mifflinburg Area Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.8:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.2:1. The lunch program counts 95% of students at Mifflinburg Area Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Union County.
Mifflinburg Area Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 37.0% for a school in Pennsylvania with Mifflinburg Area Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Mifflinburg Area Middle School posts 50.1%.
Within Union County, median household income is about $76,404, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 10 public schools in Union County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,811.
The nearest other public school, Mifflinburg Area Intrmd School, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Mifflinburg Area Middle School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mifflinburg Area Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Mifflinburg Area Middle School's location as Rural: Distant.
Mifflinburg Area Middle School saw enrollment rise 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Mifflinburg Area Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,456
Census ACS
Median income
$76,404
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,811 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mifflinburg Area SD
- Mifflinburg Area SHSHigh · 499 students
- Mifflinburg Area Intrmd SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Mifflinburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Mifflinburg
- Mifflinburg Area SHSHigh · 499 students
- Mifflinburg Area Intrmd SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Mifflinburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Mifflinburg Area Intrmd School0.2 mi · 381
- Mifflinburg Elementary School0.2 mi · 376
- Mifflinburg Area SHS0.6 mi · 499
- SUN Area Technical Institute3.8 mi · 14
- Donald H Eichhorn Middle School6.8 mi · 438
- Linntown Elementary School6.9 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Mifflinburg Area Middle SchoolHow large is Mifflinburg Area Middle School?
Mifflinburg Area Middle School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mifflinburg Area Middle School serve?
Mifflinburg Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mifflinburg Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mifflinburg Area Middle School is approximately 13.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mifflinburg Area Middle School?
Mifflinburg Area Middle School reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Mifflinburg Area Middle School in?
Mifflinburg Area Middle School is part of Mifflinburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.