Penn MS

Located at 1007 Penn Middle Way, in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Penn MS is a moderately sized junior high that instructs 518 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Penn-Trafford SD.

Across the 8 schools in Penn-Trafford SD (3,773 students total), Penn MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Penn MS lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder comes out to 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Westmoreland County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Penn MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Westmoreland County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, Penn MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.0%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of +3.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Westmoreland County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Penn MS is one of 85 public schools in Westmoreland County (combined enrollment of about 41,302 students).

The closest other public school is McCullough El Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Penn MS comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.5%.

Penn MS operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 609 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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