Enrollment
181
Middle
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER AREA SD·NCES 422046007516
Rochester Middle School
540 Reno Street, Rochester, PA 15074 · (724) 775-7500 · Beaver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
174 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 6 | 61 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 28% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Rochester Middle School→Rochester High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rochester Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -17.1pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 32.9% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Rochester Middle School
Rochester Middle School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Middle School this school | 181 | 96.1% | 35.8% |
| Union Area Middle School New Castle | 174 | 92.5% | 44.4% |
| Lafayette Middle School Uniontown | 150 | 96.0% | 26.5% |
| New Brighton Area Middle School New Brighton | 290 | 97.2% | 33.3% |
| Washington Junior High School Washington | 205 | 96.6% | 32.0% |
| Beaver Falls Middle School Beaver Falls | 360 | 95.8% | 35.8% |
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 Rochester Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Beaver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #379 of 479 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #428 of 513 ▼ 131 | #10 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #422 of 513 ▼ 108 | #9 of 11 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #494 of 522 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #129 of 510 | #2 of 11 |
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
181
+17 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 181 | 15.1 | 12.0:1 | 96% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 174 | 15.8 | 11.0:1 | 100% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 16.1 | 10.0:1 | 100% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 164 | 15 | 10.9:1 | 98% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 152 | 14.5 | 10.5:1 | 100% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 170 | 14 | 12.1:1 | 71% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rochester Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (152 to 181); teachers up 4% (14.5 to 15.1).
About Rochester Middle School
As a very small middle school, Rochester Middle School serves students in Rochester, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 181 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 70% below the 594-student average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Besides Rochester Middle School, Rochester Area SD runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 749 students.
More than half of enrollment at Rochester Middle School is White: 63%. The remaining shares are 19% Black, 11% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Beaver County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rochester Middle School scores 55%.
The school has 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.0 students per teacher. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Rochester Middle School, 96% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Beaver County average 55%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Rochester Middle School outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Rochester Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 36.4%. Rochester Middle School scores 35.8%, within a point of that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Beaver County show that median household income comes to about $71,089, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 52, with about 31,222 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Rochester Middle School from the closest public school, Rochester Area Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 50.5% on proficiency, and Rochester Middle School is below that at 35.8%.
The federal government classifies Rochester Middle School's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school's student count increased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 10.9:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Beaver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,324
Census ACS
Median income
$71,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Area SD
- Rochester Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 222 students
Other schools in Rochester
- Rochester Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 222 students
Other Rochester Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rochester Middle. Rochester Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Rochester Middle SchoolRochester, NH · 803 students
- Rochester Middle SchoolRochester, WA · 535 students
Nearby schools
- Rochester Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 346
- Rochester High School0.0 mi · 222
- College Square Elementary School1.6 mi · 400
- Central Valley Middle School1.8 mi · 504
- New Brighton Area High School2.3 mi · 382
- Beaver Area SHS2.3 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Rochester Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rochester Middle School?
Rochester Middle School enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Rochester Middle School serve?
Rochester Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rochester Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rochester Middle School is approximately 12.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rochester Middle School?
Rochester Middle School reports a student body of 63% White, 6% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Rochester Middle School?
Rochester Middle School is overseen by Rochester Area SD in Beaver County.
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