Enrollment
290
Middle
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BRIGHTON AREA SD·NCES 421653000694
New Brighton Area Middle School
901 Penn Ave, New Brighton, PA 15066 · (724) 846-8100 · Beaver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- 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
10.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
282 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 6 | 103 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 33% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
New Brighton Area Middle School→New Brighton Area High School
Feeds from
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.6pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.4% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 26.3% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 New Brighton Area Middle School
New Brighton Area Middle School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton Area Middle School this school | 290 | 97.2% | 33.3% |
| Meadville Middle School Meadville | 340 | 99.1% | 43.5% |
| Loyalsock Twp Middle School Williamsport | 353 | 99.2% | 54.4% |
| Windber Area Middle School Windber | 300 | 96.3% | 50.4% |
| River Valley Middle School Blairsville | 332 | 95.8% | 42.8% |
| Albert Gallatin North Middle School McClellandtown | 375 | 98.9% | 37.4% |
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 New Brighton Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #400 of 479 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #405 of 513 ▼ 31 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #445 of 513 ▼ 57 | #11 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #439 of 522 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #29 of 486 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #157 of 486 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #116 of 510 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #212 of 332 | #6 of 7 |
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
-36 (-11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 28.6 | 10.1:1 | 97% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 26.6 | 10.6:1 | 100% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 26.6 | 11.2:1 | 100% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 26.9 | 11.8:1 | 100% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 63% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 53% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 49% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Brighton Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (316 to 290); teachers up 6% (26.9 to 28.6).
About New Brighton Area Middle School
New Brighton Area Middle School is a middle-grades school in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, and it is part of New Brighton Area SD. The school had 290 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594, so this school runs 51% smaller than that.
New Brighton Area SD serves 1,230 students across 3 schools.
White students make up a majority at New Brighton Area Middle School, at 67%. The remaining shares are 20% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Beaver County's population at about 87%. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1 at New Brighton Area Middle School, with 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 97%. Across public schools in Beaver County, the average is 55%.
New Brighton Area Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
New Brighton Area Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.3% is 2.6 points below the 35.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Beaver County has these Census figures: the median household income is $71,089, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beaver County is home to 52 public schools and about 31,222 public school students.
Nearby, New Brighton Area High School is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts New Brighton Area Middle School at 7th of 7.
New Brighton Area Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 290 students in 2024-25, 36 fewer than the 326 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.1:1 to 10.1:1.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Brighton Area SD
- New Brighton Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- New Brighton Area High SchoolHigh · 382 students
Other schools in New Brighton
- New Brighton Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- New Brighton Area High SchoolHigh · 382 students
Nearby schools
- New Brighton Area High School0.2 mi · 382
- New Brighton Area Elementary School0.3 mi · 558
- Central Elementary School1.6 mi · 466
- Beaver Falls Middle School1.7 mi · 360
- Patterson Primary School1.7 mi · 141
- Beaver Falls Area SHS1.8 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About New Brighton Area Middle SchoolHow large is New Brighton Area Middle School?
New Brighton Area Middle School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does New Brighton Area Middle School serve?
New Brighton Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at New Brighton Area Middle School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at New Brighton Area Middle School.
What is the student diversity at New Brighton Area Middle School?
Student demographics at New Brighton Area Middle School are roughly 67% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 20% Two or more.
What district is New Brighton Area Middle School in?
New Brighton Area Middle School is part of New Brighton Area SD.
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