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Enrollment
819
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWIN SD·NCES 421794004482
Norwin Middle School
10870 Mockingbird Dr, North Huntingdon, PA 15642 · (724) 861-3010 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL819 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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
16.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
227 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 7 | 405 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 414 | 51% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Norwin Middle School→Norwin High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Norwin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.2% | 63.9% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% 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 Norwin Middle School
Norwin Middle School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwin Middle School this school | 819 | 27.7% | 72.2% |
| Hillcrest Intermediate School North Huntingdon | 755 | 27.8% | 74.3% |
| Northern Middle School Dillsburg | 757 | 29.1% | 48.9% |
| Canon-McMillan Middle School Canonsburg | 836 | 25.8% | 64.7% |
| West Allegheny Middle School Imperial | 796 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| Boyertown Area MS-East Gilbertsville | 841 | 27.2% | 59.2% |
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 Norwin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #29 of 479 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #61 of 513 ▼ 30 | #3 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #41 of 513 ▼ 20 | #3 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 819 | #113 of 522 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #449 of 486 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #398 of 486 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #426 of 510 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #105 of 131 | #4 of 6 |
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
819
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 819 | 50.7 | 16.2:1 | 28% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 52.1 | 15.4:1 | 28% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 820 | 52.3 | 15.7:1 | 30% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 20% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 51.9 | 15.4:1 | 26% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 822 | 52 | 15.8:1 | 23% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 20% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 21% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 635 | 41 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (801 to 819); teachers down 2% (51.9 to 50.7).
About Norwin Middle School
Norwin Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 15642). It had 819 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students, which makes this school 38% above average.
Norwin SD runs 7 schools with a combined 4,951 students. Norwin Middle School is one of them.
The share of students at Norwin Middle School who are White is 90%. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Westmoreland County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
For every teacher at Norwin Middle School, there are about 16.2 students; the school has 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 227 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 28% of enrollment. It compares with 53% for public schools in Westmoreland County.
On the allk12 Grade, Norwin Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 97% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
The model predicts 65.7% for a school in Pennsylvania with Norwin Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Norwin Middle School posts 72.2%.
For the population of Westmoreland County, the median household earns about $74,109 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Westmoreland County, 85 public schools serve about 41,302 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hillcrest Intermediate School, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Norwin Middle School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Norwin Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (838) to 2024-25 (819).
People who know Norwin Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Norwin SD
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Other schools in North Huntingdon
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest Intermediate School0.2 mi · 755
- Norwin High School0.2 mi · 1,671
- Hahntown Elementary School0.3 mi · 419
- Sunset Valley Elementary School1.5 mi · 448
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary School1.6 mi · 417
- Stewartsville Elementary School2.7 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Norwin Middle SchoolHow large is Norwin Middle School?
Norwin Middle School enrolls approximately 819 students in grades 07-08.
Is Norwin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Norwin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Norwin Middle School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Norwin Middle School.
How diverse is Norwin Middle School?
Norwin Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Norwin Middle School in?
Norwin Middle School is part of Norwin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.