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Enrollment
415
Middle
DISTRICT 554 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANON-MCMILLAN SD·NCES 420489000717
North Strabane Intrmd School
20 Giffin Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317 · (724) 873-5252 · Washington County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
134 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 5 | 197 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 218 | 53% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Based on grade levels within Canon-McMillan SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.5% | 66.2% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Strabane Intrmd School
North Strabane Intrmd School's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Strabane Intrmd School this school | 415 | 32.3% | 69.5% |
| Cecil Intrmd School Mc Donald | 412 | 29.4% | 66.3% |
| Danville Area Middle School Danville | 518 | 35.5% | 54.5% |
| Perkiomen Valley MS-West Zieglerville | 509 | 28.5% | 58.0% |
| South Eastern Intrmd School Fawn Grove | 397 | 31.5% | 53.2% |
| Donald H Eichhorn Middle School Lewisburg | 438 | 26.9% | 70.4% |
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 North Strabane Intrmd School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #43 of 479 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #12 of 513 ▲ 8 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #73 of 513 ▼ 1 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #357 of 522 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #431 of 486 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #323 of 486 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #397 of 510 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #93 of 131 | N/A |
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
415
+46 (+12%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 415 | 26.7 | 15.6:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 28.3 | 15.2:1 | 29% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 22% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 25% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 21% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 18% (69) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Strabane Intrmd School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (400 to 415); teachers down 1% (27 to 26.7).
About North Strabane Intrmd School
North Strabane Intrmd School operates as a small middle-grades school in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It serves 415 students in grades 5 through 6. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
District-wide, Canon-McMillan SD has 9 schools and 5,390 students.
North Strabane Intrmd School's enrollment is 84% White. It is also 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. North Strabane Intrmd School's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.6:1. This ratio sits 2.4 above the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 32%. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Washington County is 17 points.
The allk12 Grade for North Strabane Intrmd School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 94% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 63.8% for a school in Pennsylvania with North Strabane Intrmd School's free or reduced-price lunch share. North Strabane Intrmd School posts 69.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that the median household income is $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. North Strabane Intrmd School is one of 56 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Borland Manor Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 71.0%, higher than North Strabane Intrmd School's 69.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 46 more students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.2 to 15.6 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canon-McMillan SD
- Canon-McMillan SHSHigh · 1,660 students
- Canon-McMillan Middle SchoolMiddle · 836 students
- Muse Elementary SchoolElementary · 759 students
- South Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Cecil Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- Wylandville Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in Canonsburg
- Canon-McMillan SHSHigh · 1,660 students
- Canon-McMillan Middle SchoolMiddle · 836 students
- South Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Borland Manor Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Hills-Hendersonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
- Western Area Career and Technology Center - Washington CntyHigh · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Borland Manor Elementary School0.2 mi · 273
- South Central Elementary School1.1 mi · 450
- Canon-McMillan SHS1.6 mi · 1,660
- Canon-McMillan Middle School2.0 mi · 836
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School2.5 mi · 495
- Peters Twp Middle School2.6 mi · 952
Frequently asked questions
About North Strabane Intrmd SchoolHow many students attend North Strabane Intrmd School?
North Strabane Intrmd School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does North Strabane Intrmd School serve?
North Strabane Intrmd School serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Strabane Intrmd School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Strabane Intrmd School is approximately 15.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is North Strabane Intrmd School?
North Strabane Intrmd School reports a student body of 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is North Strabane Intrmd School public or private?
North Strabane Intrmd School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canon-McMillan SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.