Enrollment
290
Middle
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT PLEASANT AREA SD·NCES 421617000790
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School
265 State Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15666 · (724) 547-4100 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
124 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 152 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 48% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
33.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 | 52.4% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 28.9% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Pleasant Area Junior High School
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School this school | 290 | 42.8% | 44.7% |
| Central Cambria Middle School Ebensburg | 347 | 42.9% | 57.1% |
| Ligonier Valley Middle School Ligonier | 268 | 46.6% | 47.4% |
| Bellwood Antis Middle School Bellwood | 332 | 47.6% | 49.0% |
| Southern Columbia Middle School Catawissa | 367 | 38.1% | 60.7% |
| Deer Lakes Middle School Cheswick | 383 | 45.4% | 50.7% |
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 Pleasant Area Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #289 of 479 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #295 of 513 ▲ 54 | #12 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #246 of 513 ▲ 67 | #13 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #438 of 522 | #17 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #343 of 486 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #476 of 486 | #18 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #325 of 510 | #11 of 19 |
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
290
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 290 | 20.6 | 14.1:1 | 43% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 19.4 | 14.6:1 | 44% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 20.9 | 14.8:1 | 44% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 44% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 21.1 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 332 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 49% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 37% (134) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (290 to 290); teachers down 2% (21.1 to 20.6).
About Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is a small middle-grades school in Mount Pleasant Area SD, located in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The school has 290 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students, which makes this school 51% below average.
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is run by Mount Pleasant Area SD, whose 5 schools enroll 1,832 students.
Roughly 96% of students at Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School are White. The remaining students are 3% multiracial. The diversity index for Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School, giving a ratio of 14.1:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 0.9 students per teacher. By family income, 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County is 10 points higher.
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is 14.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 44.7%. Predicted: 59.3%.
The school's county is Westmoreland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,109 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School shares Westmoreland County with 84 other public schools.
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Mount Pleasant Area High School, its nearest public school. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.7% against a local average of 52.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
A 6% drop took enrollment from 310 in 2020-21 to 290 in 2024-25.
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Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Pleasant Area SD
- Mount Pleasant Area High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Norvelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Ramsay Elementary SchoolMiddle · 396 students
- Donegal Elementary SchoolElementary · 92 students
Other schools in Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant Area High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Norvelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Ramsay Elementary SchoolMiddle · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Pleasant Area High School0.0 mi · 597
- Ramsay Elementary School2.1 mi · 396
- Norvelt Elementary School2.9 mi · 457
- Southmoreland SHS4.2 mi · 566
- Southmoreland Primary Center4.4 mi · 277
- Stanwood Elementary School5.4 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Pleasant Area Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School?
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 07-08.
Is Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School have?
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School?
At Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School public or private?
Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Pleasant Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.