Moon Area Lower MS

Located at 904 Beaver Grade Road, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Moon Area Lower MS is a mid-sized middle school that enrolls 639 students (grades 5 through 6), overseen by Moon Area SD.

Moon Area SD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,100 students; Moon Area Lower MS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Moon Area Lower MS reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Allegheny County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Moon Area Lower MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.8%.

Around the school, Allegheny County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Allegheny County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), Moon Area Lower MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Moon Area Upper MS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Moon Area Lower MS comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moon Area Lower MS has grew 3%, going from 623 students in 2018 to 639 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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