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Enrollment
752
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE COLLEGE AREA SD·NCES 422277000154
Mount Nittany Middle School
656 Brandywine Dr, State College, PA 16801 · (814) 466-5133 · Centre County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
164 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 262 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 240 | 32% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 53.1% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Mount Nittany Middle School
Mount Nittany Middle School's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nittany Middle School this school | 752 | 21.8% | 66.3% |
| Indian Valley Middle School Harleysville | 731 | 20.4% | 59.5% |
| Owen J Roberts Middle School Pottstown | 856 | 22.4% | 60.0% |
| Franklin Regional Middle School Murrysville | 771 | 18.8% | 65.8% |
| Southern Lehigh Intermediate School Bethlehem | 702 | 17.9% | 75.6% |
| Perkiomen Valley MS-East Collegeville | 592 | 22.0% | 67.1% |
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 Mount Nittany Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #60 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #73 of 513 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #39 of 513 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 752 | #145 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #112 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #232 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #457 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #283 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
752
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 927
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 752 | 64.5 | 11.7:1 | 22% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 63 | 11.3:1 | 23% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 62.3 | 11.2:1 | 20% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 756 | 61 | 12.4:1 | 19% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 60.4 | 12.9:1 | 23% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 20% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 59 | 11.9:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 927 | 65 | 14.3:1 | 16% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Nittany Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (780 to 752); teachers up 7% (60.4 to 64.5).
About Mount Nittany Middle School
Mount Nittany Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Pennsylvania, with an address in State College. The school enrolls 752 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
In State College Area SD, 11 schools enroll a combined 6,799 students.
At Mount Nittany Middle School, 76% of students are White. Other students are 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Black. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Mount Nittany Middle School are from different groups.
There are 64.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mount Nittany Middle School, giving a ratio of 11.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1. A total of 164 students, or 22%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 31% average for public schools in Centre County is 9 points higher.
Mount Nittany Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mount Nittany Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 66.3% actual against 68.3% predicted.
In Centre County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $74,291, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 33 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,674, Mount Nittany Middle School among them.
Mount Nittany Elementary School is the nearest public school to Mount Nittany Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Mount Nittany Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 69.1% proficiency; Mount Nittany Middle School posts 66.3%.
Locale data from NCES put Mount Nittany Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
Mount Nittany Middle School had 756 students in 2020-21 and 752 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Mount Nittany Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Centre County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,576
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in State College Area SD
- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
- Park Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- Radio Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Other schools in State College
- State College Area High SchoolHigh · 2,402 students
- Park Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- Radio Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Park Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Mount Nittany Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Nittany Elementary School0.1 mi · 413
- Nittany Valley CS1.8 mi · 51
- Easterly Parkway Elementary School2.1 mi · 314
- State College Area High School2.6 mi · 2,402
- Spring Creek Elementary School2.9 mi · 360
- Corl Street Elementary School3.4 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Nittany Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mount Nittany Middle School?
Mount Nittany Middle School enrolls approximately 752 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mount Nittany Middle School serve?
Mount Nittany Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mount Nittany Middle School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Mount Nittany Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Nittany Middle School?
At Mount Nittany Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mount Nittany Middle School public or private?
Mount Nittany Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by State College Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.