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How has Pittston Area MS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
761
Middle
DISTRICT 812 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSTON AREA SD·NCES 421920006385
Pittston Area Middle School
120 New Street, Pittston, PA 18640 · (570) 654-2415 · Luzerne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C-Test 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
13.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
555 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 241 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 258 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 260 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Pittston Area Middle School→Pittston Area SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pittston Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
15.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.8pp 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 16 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 19.5% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Pittston Area Middle School
Pittston Area Middle School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittston Area Middle School this school | 761 | 72.9% | 32.7% |
| Lengel Middle School Pottsville | 720 | 63.2% | 38.3% |
| Hanover Middle School Hanover | 636 | 66.2% | 41.3% |
| Log College Middle School Warminster | 603 | 64.0% | 43.7% |
| Lycoming Valley Intrmd School Williamsport | 543 | 65.4% | 41.4% |
| Chambersburg Area MS - North Chambersburg | 1,072 | 62.3% | 49.8% |
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 Pittston Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #403 of 479 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #436 of 513 ▼ 17 | #6 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #409 of 513 ▼ 23 | #7 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #134 of 522 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #323 of 486 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #185 of 486 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #173 of 510 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #30 of 332 | 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
761
-263 (-26%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 761 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 73% (555) |
| 2023-24 | 959 | 55.6 | 17.3:1 | 58% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 964 | 54.7 | 17.6:1 | 55% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 1,024 | 56 | 18.3:1 | 54% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 1,053 | 56.6 | 18.6:1 | 48% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 1,005 | 59 | 17.0:1 | 50% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 781 | 46 | 17.0:1 | 45% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 50 | 15.2:1 | 39% (294) |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 49 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittston Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,053 to 761); teachers down 3% (56.6 to 55).
About Pittston Area Middle School
Pittston Area Middle School is a medium-sized middle school based in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 761 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 594-student average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 28% higher.
Pittston Area Middle School is a school in Pittston Area SD. The district has 4 schools and 3,247 students.
Pittston Area Middle School's enrollment is 71% White. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Pittston Area Middle School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.8:1, with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pittston Area Middle School is 73%. The rate at public schools in Luzerne County averages 85%, higher than here.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Pittston Area Middle School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pittston Area Middle School's results are 13.6 points below predicted: 32.7% against 46.3%.
Luzerne County has these Census figures: median household income is about $63,691, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Pittston Area Middle School is among the 65 public schools in Luzerne County.
Pittston City Intrmd Center is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 44.5% on proficiency, and Pittston Area Middle School is below that at 32.7%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 761 was 26% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,024. Students per teacher fell from 18.3 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
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Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pittston Area SD
- Pittston Area SHSHigh · 1,055 students
- Pittston City Intrmd CenterElementary · 730 students
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary CenterElementary · 701 students
Other schools in Pittston
- Pittston Area SHSHigh · 1,055 students
- Pittston City Intrmd CenterElementary · 730 students
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary CenterElementary · 701 students
Nearby schools
- Pittston City Intrmd Center0.0 mi · 730
- Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Center0.9 mi · 701
- Wyoming Area Intermediate Center1.1 mi · 444
- Wyoming Area Sec Center1.8 mi · 929
- Wyoming Area Kindergarten Center1.9 mi · 121
- Pittston Area SHS2.2 mi · 1,055
Frequently asked questions
About Pittston Area Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pittston Area Middle School?
Pittston Area Middle School enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pittston Area Middle School serve?
Pittston Area Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pittston Area Middle School have?
Pittston Area Middle School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Pittston Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Pittston Area Middle School are roughly 71% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Pittston Area Middle School in?
Pittston Area Middle School is part of Pittston Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.