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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Moon Area Upper MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
621
Middle
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOON AREA SD·NCES 421583007430
Moon Area Upper Middle School
904 Beaver Grade Road, Moon Township, PA 15108 · (412) 264-9440 · Allegheny County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- 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
11.6:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
170 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 7 | 307 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 51% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Moon Area Upper Middle School→Moon Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Moon Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
56.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 50.5% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Moon Area Upper Middle School
Moon Area Upper Middle School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Area Upper Middle School this school | 621 | 27.4% | 63.5% |
| Moon Area Lower Middle School Moon Township | 639 | 24.9% | 68.8% |
| Pennwood Middle School Yardley | 740 | 30.9% | 55.7% |
| Haine Middle School Cranberry Twp | 522 | 24.7% | 66.5% |
| Fairview Middle School Fairview | 633 | 27.6% | 70.6% |
| Nazareth Area Intermediate School Nazareth | 752 | 29.5% | 61.0% |
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 Moon Area Upper Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #81 of 479 | #22 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #76 of 513 ▲ 28 | #19 of 51 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #70 of 513 ▲ 5 | #18 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #221 of 522 | #22 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #99 of 486 | #11 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #215 of 486 | #21 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #429 of 510 | #33 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #54 of 131 | #7 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
621
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 621 | 53.7 | 11.6:1 | 27% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 54.7 | 11.2:1 | 28% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 54.2 | 10.7:1 | 30% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 57 | 10.7:1 | 25% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 57.8 | 9.8:1 | 20% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 56 | 10.2:1 | 22% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moon Area Upper Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (568 to 621); teachers down 7% (57.8 to 53.7).
About Moon Area Upper Middle School
Moon Area Upper Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. Its address is in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It serves 621 students in grades 7 through 8.
Moon Area SD oversees Moon Area Upper Middle School and 7 other schools, with 4,100 students in total.
Moon Area Upper Middle School is 75% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share in Allegheny County as a whole is similar, at about 76%. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 53.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 11.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 27% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 54% for public schools in Allegheny County.
Moon Area Upper Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Moon Area Upper Middle School would score about 65.9%. It scores 63.5%, 2.4 points below that figure.
Allegheny County census figures show that the median household income is $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Allegheny County is home to 277 public schools and about 141,392 public school students.
The closest public school, Moon Area Lower Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Moon Area Upper Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Moon Area Upper Middle School is 8th on average proficiency.
Moon Area Upper Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal data show 612 students in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Community posts for Moon Area Upper Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Moon Area SD
- Moon Area SHSHigh · 1,211 students
- Moon Area Lower Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Bon Meade Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- J H Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Richard J. Hyde Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
- McCormick Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Other schools in Moon Township
- Moon Area SHSHigh · 1,211 students
- Moon Area Lower Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Bon Meade Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- J H Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Richard J. Hyde Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
- McCormick Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Moon Area Lower Middle School0.0 mi · 639
- Moon Area SHS0.2 mi · 1,211
- J.A. Allard Elementary School1.2 mi · 209
- Richard J. Hyde Elementary School1.3 mi · 237
- J H Brooks Elementary School2.3 mi · 382
- Quaker Valley Middle School2.5 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Moon Area Upper Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Moon Area Upper Middle School?
Moon Area Upper Middle School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Moon Area Upper Middle School serve?
Moon Area Upper Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Moon Area Upper Middle School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Moon Area Upper Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moon Area Upper Middle School?
At Moon Area Upper Middle School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Moon Area Upper Middle School in?
Moon Area Upper Middle School is part of Moon Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.