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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Rice Avenue MS this year?
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Enrollment
443
Middle
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GIRARD SD·NCES 421074006777
Rice Avenue Middle School
1100 Rice Ave, Girard, PA 16417 · (814) 774-5604 · Erie County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
445 students
DISTRICT 104% · 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 | 111 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 24% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Rice Avenue Middle School→Girard High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Girard SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
54.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 47.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Rice Avenue Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #133 of 479 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #86 of 513 ▲ 51 | #4 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #120 of 513 ▲ 107 | #6 of 16 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #340 of 522 | #9 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #50 of 486 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #404 of 486 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #68 of 510 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #135 of 332 | #4 of 13 |
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
443
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
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 | 443 | 40.7 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 37.2 | 12.0:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 37 | 12.4:1 | 61% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 62% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 35.4 | 14.3:1 | 54% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 51% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 43% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 36% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rice Avenue Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (508 to 443); teachers up 15% (35.4 to 40.7).
About Rice Avenue Middle School
Rice Avenue Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Girard, Pennsylvania, under Girard SD. It serves 443 students in grades 5 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students.
Rice Avenue Middle School is one of 3 schools in Girard SD, which enrolls 1,446 students in total.
White students are the large majority at Rice Avenue Middle School, with 91% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Erie County's population at about 83%. Rice Avenue Middle School has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.9:1, with 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1.
allk12 grades Rice Avenue Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rice Avenue Middle School outperforms its prediction by 22.2 points. The model expects 34.5% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 56.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Erie County, median household income is about $63,354, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 68 public schools operate in Erie County, serving about 35,738 students.
Girard High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Nearby schools average 67.4% on proficiency, and Rice Avenue Middle School is below that at 56.7%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 482 in 2020-21 and 443 in 2024-25, a decrease of 39 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.2:1 to 10.9:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Rice Avenue Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,052
Census ACS
Median income
$63,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
35,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Girard SD
- Elk Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Girard High SchoolHigh · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Girard High School0.2 mi · 477
- Elk Valley Elementary School0.8 mi · 526
- Fairview Middle School4.3 mi · 633
- Fairview Elementary School4.3 mi · 707
- Fairview High School4.4 mi · 593
- Springfield Elementary School4.9 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Rice Avenue Middle SchoolHow large is Rice Avenue Middle School?
Rice Avenue Middle School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Rice Avenue Middle School serve?
Rice Avenue Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rice Avenue Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rice Avenue Middle School is approximately 10.9:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rice Avenue Middle School?
Rice Avenue Middle School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Rice Avenue Middle School?
Rice Avenue Middle School is overseen by Girard SD in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.