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What's the biggest difference between Milton Area MS and what you expected?
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Enrollment
445
Middle
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILTON AREA SD·NCES 421548006863
Milton Area Middle School
700 Mahoning St, Milton, PA 17847 · (570) 742-7614 · Northumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
249 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 153 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 33% |
Student demographics
36%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
Milton Area Middle School→Milton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Milton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
38.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 38.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 36.3% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Milton Area Middle School
Milton Area Middle School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Area Middle School this school | 445 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| DeFranco Elementary School Bangor | 413 | 55.9% | 54.3% |
| Lehighton Area Middle School Lehighton | 478 | 52.5% | 39.4% |
| Hamburg Area Middle School Hamburg | 482 | 54.4% | 35.9% |
| Tamaqua Area Middle School Tamaqua | 488 | 58.2% | 36.3% |
| Wind Gap Middle School Pen Argyl | 510 | 52.7% | 46.3% |
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 Milton Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Northumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #227 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #238 of 513 ▲ 17 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #196 of 513 ▲ 49 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #337 of 522 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #183 of 486 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #274 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #214 of 510 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #208 of 332 | N/A |
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
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 36.2 | 12.3:1 | 56% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 36.7 | 12.1:1 | 56% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 38.4 | 11.1:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 60% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 41.1 | 11.8:1 | 52% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 57% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 49% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 34% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 41 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milton Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (486 to 445); teachers down 12% (41.1 to 36.2).
About Milton Area Middle School
Milton Area Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school that serves part of Milton, Pennsylvania. It reported 445 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
Milton Area Middle School is one school in Milton Area SD, a system of 4 schools with 1,900 students.
The share of White students at Milton Area Middle School is 79%, a majority. Other students are 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is lower than the 90% White share among all Northumberland County residents. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Milton Area Middle School are from different groups.
Milton Area Middle School has 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.3:1. The school's 12.3:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 56%. That is lower than the 86% average for public schools in Northumberland County.
On the allk12 Grade, Milton Area Middle School lands at B, ahead of 57% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Milton Area Middle School is 4.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Northumberland County show that median household income comes to about $60,583, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northumberland County counts 23 public schools with about 10,386 students.
Milton High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Milton Area Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 19 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Northumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,560
Census ACS
Median income
$60,583
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,386 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Milton Area SD
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- James F Baugher Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
- White Deer Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other schools in Milton
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- James F Baugher Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
Nearby schools
- Milton High School0.0 mi · 608
- James F Baugher Elementary School0.6 mi · 560
- White Deer Elementary School2.6 mi · 287
- Kelly Elementary School3.3 mi · 550
- Lewisburg High School3.5 mi · 551
- Linntown Elementary School4.9 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Milton Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Milton Area Middle School?
Milton Area Middle School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Milton Area Middle School serve?
Milton Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Milton Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Milton Area Middle School is approximately 12.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milton Area Middle School?
At Milton Area Middle School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Milton Area Middle School public or private?
Milton Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milton Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.