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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the North Hills MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,127
Middle
DISTRICT 771 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH HILLS SD·NCES 421722006106
North Hills Middle School
55 Rochester Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15229 · (412) 318-1452 · Allegheny County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,127 STUDENTS
A
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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
14.5:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
297 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 387 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 364 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 376 | 33% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
North Hills Middle School→North Hills High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within North Hills SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 55.4% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 North Hills Middle School
North Hills Middle School's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Hills Middle School this school | 1,127 | 26.4% | 64.7% |
| Ryan Gloyer Middle School Harmony | 1,157 | 22.6% | 55.6% |
| Canon-McMillan Middle School Canonsburg | 836 | 25.8% | 64.7% |
| David E Williams Middle School Coraopolis | 952 | 32.4% | 70.2% |
| Boyertown Area MS-East Gilbertsville | 841 | 27.2% | 59.2% |
| West Allegheny Middle School Imperial | 796 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
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 North Hills Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #67 of 479 | #18 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #110 of 513 ▼ 40 | #24 of 51 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #61 of 513 ▼ 2 | #17 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,127 | #27 of 522 | #1 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #373 of 486 | #38 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #308 of 486 | #34 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #433 of 510 | #34 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +75.8% | #3 of 131 | #3 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
1,127
+26 (+2%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 933
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,127 | 77.8 | 14.5:1 | 26% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 1,075 | 76.8 | 14.0:1 | 28% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 1,070 | 75.8 | 14.1:1 | 28% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 1,101 | 74 | 14.9:1 | 29% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 50.6 | 12.7:1 | 25% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 52 | 10.8:1 | 30% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 1,031 | 78 | 13.2:1 | 23% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 1,278 | 84 | 15.2:1 | 13% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 933 | 65 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Hills Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 76% (641 to 1,127); teachers up 54% (50.6 to 77.8).
About North Hills Middle School
North Hills Middle School is a middle school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reachable at (412) 318-1452. The school has 1,127 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 594 students on average.
North Hills Middle School is in North Hills SD, a district with 4,627 students across 6 schools.
At North Hills Middle School, 82% of students are White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, North Hills Middle School scores 31%.
There are 77.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at North Hills Middle School, giving a ratio of 14.5:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 297 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Allegheny County report 54%.
North Hills Middle School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
North Hills Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.7% and a predicted 66.3%.
The school is in Allegheny County, where median household income comes to about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allegheny County's 277 public schools enroll about 141,392 students and include North Hills Middle School.
The closest school to North Hills Middle School is North Hills High School, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of North Hills Middle School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, North Hills Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
North Hills Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,101 to 1,127, a small change.
People who know North Hills Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 North Hills SD
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- McIntyre Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Highcliff Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- West View Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other schools in Pittsburgh
- Mt Lebanon SHSHigh · 1,772 students
- Baldwin SHSHigh · 1,657 students
- North Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Pittsburgh Allderdice High SchoolHigh · 1,386 students
- Fox Chapel Area High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Upper Saint Clair High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
Other North Hills Middle schools
One other US public school is named North Hills Middle. North Hills Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- North Hills Middle SchoolBloomfield Hills, MI · 593 students
Nearby schools
- North Hills High School0.1 mi · 1,443
- West View Elementary School0.4 mi · 446
- Ross Elementary School1.3 mi · 498
- Highcliff Elementary School1.6 mi · 519
- Northgate MSHS2.1 mi · 476
- McIntyre Elementary School2.1 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About North Hills Middle SchoolHow many students attend North Hills Middle School?
North Hills Middle School enrolls approximately 1,127 students in grades 06-08.
Is North Hills Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Hills Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does North Hills Middle School have?
North Hills Middle School employs 78 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at North Hills Middle School?
Student demographics at North Hills Middle School are roughly 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is North Hills Middle School in?
North Hills Middle School is part of North Hills SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.