1
Enrollment
433
Middle
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELLSBORO AREA SD·NCES 422517004079
Rock L Butler Middle School
9 Nichols St, Wellsboro, PA 16901 · (570) 724-2306 · Tioga County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A-Test 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
13.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
237 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 | 107 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 29% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Rock L Butler Middle School→Wellsboro Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wellsboro Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 52.6% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Rock L Butler Middle School
Rock L Butler Middle School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock L Butler Middle School this school | 433 | 54.7% | 59.8% |
| Chestnut Ridge Middle School Fishertown | 424 | 54.7% | 55.8% |
| Tyrone Area Middle School Tyrone | 489 | 56.4% | 43.9% |
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School Philipsburg | 372 | 53.2% | 46.5% |
| Fort LeBoeuf Middle School Waterford | 471 | 51.2% | 60.8% |
| Spring Cove Middle School Roaring Spring | 363 | 55.1% | 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 Rock L Butler Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #103 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #91 of 513 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #126 of 513 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #347 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #280 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #466 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #224 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #315 of 332 |
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
433
-46 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 433 | 32.5 | 13.3:1 | 55% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 32.5 | 14.7:1 | 50% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 32.5 | 14.8:1 | 50% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 40% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 27.5 | 15.9:1 | 44% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 40% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 34% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 34% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 36 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock L Butler Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (438 to 433); teachers up 18% (27.5 to 32.5).
About Rock L Butler Middle School
Rock L Butler Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Wellsboro. The school has 433 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
Wellsboro Area SD is responsible for 4 schools, Rock L Butler Middle School included, with 1,372 students in all.
A large majority of enrollment at Rock L Butler Middle School is White, at 95%. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial. Among Tioga County residents, the White share is about 96%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
Rock L Butler Middle School reports a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher, from 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Pennsylvania is similar, at 13.2:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Rock L Butler Middle School, 55% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 18 points below the 73% average for public schools in Tioga County.
On the allk12 Grade, Rock L Butler Middle School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Rock L Butler Middle School, the prediction is 54.1% and the result is 59.8%.
In the wider Tioga County area, the median household earns about $64,899 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Tioga County, 14 public schools serve about 5,053 students.
Among nearby public schools, Wellsboro Area High School is closest at about 0.6 miles. Rock L Butler Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 47.9%, lower than Rock L Butler Middle School's 59.8%.
Rock L Butler Middle School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
From 479 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 433 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 13.3 in 2024-25.
The Rock L Butler Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,945
Census ACS
Median income
$64,899
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wellsboro Area SD
- Wellsboro Area High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Don Gill Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Charlotte Lappla Elementary SchoolElementary · 156 students
Other schools in Wellsboro
- Wellsboro Area High SchoolHigh · 496 students
- Don Gill Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Charlotte Lappla Elementary SchoolElementary · 156 students
Nearby schools
- Wellsboro Area High School0.6 mi · 496
- Charlotte Lappla Elementary School0.6 mi · 156
- Don Gill Elementary School0.7 mi · 287
- Warren L Miller Elementary School12.1 mi · 522
- North Penn-Mansfield JSHS12.1 mi · 544
- Blossburg Elementary School13.3 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Rock L Butler Middle SchoolHow large is Rock L Butler Middle School?
Rock L Butler Middle School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Rock L Butler Middle School serve?
Rock L Butler Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Rock L Butler Middle School have?
Rock L Butler Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is Rock L Butler Middle School?
Rock L Butler Middle School reports a student body of 95% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Rock L Butler Middle School public or private?
Rock L Butler Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wellsboro Area SD.
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