Enrollment
228
Middle
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT SD·NCES 421689006078
Newport Middle School
500 Caroline Street, Newport, PA 17074 · (717) 567-3806 · Perry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest 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
11.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
125 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 56 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 37% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Newport Middle School→Newport High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Newport SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -15.3pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -14.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 15 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 33.6% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Newport Middle School
Newport Middle School's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Middle School this school | 228 | 54.8% | 39.4% |
| Sharpsville Area Middle School Sharpsville | 217 | 54.4% | 48.8% |
| Ridgway Area Middle School Ridgway | 198 | 54.5% | 59.4% |
| Frazier Middle School Perryopolis | 221 | 56.1% | 36.4% |
| McConnellsburg Middle School McConnellsburg | 213 | 49.8% | 48.1% |
| Cambria Heights Middle School Patton | 271 | 56.1% | 53.8% |
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 Newport Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #349 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #414 of 513 ▼ 126 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #413 of 513 ▼ 85 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #470 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #65 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #420 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #223 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #158 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
228
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 228 | 20.6 | 11.1:1 | 55% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 20.6 | 11.5:1 | 53% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 21.3 | 10.9:1 | 50% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 19 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 19.4 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 254 | 21 | 12.1:1 | 50% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 18 | 13.6:1 | 46% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newport Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (257 to 228); teachers up 6% (19.4 to 20.6).
About Newport Middle School
Newport Middle School serves students in Newport, Pennsylvania, as a small middle school. The latest federal count shows 228 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students, so this school is 62% smaller than average.
Newport SD is the local district for Newport Middle School. It runs 3 schools with 931 students.
Newport Middle School enrolls a student body that is 92% White. The rest of enrollment is 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Perry County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The chance that two students picked at random at Newport Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Federal data list 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Newport Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.1:1. Among middle schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The lunch program counts 55% of students at Newport Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Perry County averages 67%, higher than here.
Newport Middle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 25% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Newport Middle School, the prediction is 54.1% and the result is 39.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Perry County show that median household income is about $79,444, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Newport Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Perry County, which together enroll about 5,512 students.
Newport High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Newport Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Newport Middle School had 231 students in 2020-21 and 228 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,239
Census ACS
Median income
$79,444
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newport SD
- Newport Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Newport High SchoolHigh · 267 students
Other schools in Newport
- Newport Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Newport High SchoolHigh · 267 students
Other Newport Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Newport Middle. Newport Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Newport Middle SchoolNewport, OR · 426 students
- Newport MiddleNewport, NC · 346 students
- Newport Middle SchoolNewport, NH · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Newport High School0.0 mi · 267
- Newport Elementary School0.3 mi · 436
- Greenwood Middle School5.0 mi · 155
- Greenwood High School5.0 mi · 235
- Greenwood Elementary School5.1 mi · 313
- New Bloomfield Elementary School5.3 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Newport Middle SchoolHow large is Newport Middle School?
Newport Middle School enrolls approximately 228 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Newport Middle School serve?
Newport Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newport Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newport Middle School is approximately 11.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Newport Middle School?
Student demographics at Newport Middle School are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Newport Middle School in?
Newport Middle School is part of Newport SD.
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