Enrollment
421
Middle
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COATESVILLE AREA SD·NCES 420624000728
Scott Middle School
800 Olive Street, Coatesville, PA 19320 · (610) 383-6946 · Chester County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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
13.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
346 students
DISTRICT 104% · 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 | 205 | 49% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 51% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Based on grade levels within Coatesville Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 22.0% |
% 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
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Scott Middle School
Scott Middle School's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Middle School this school | 421 | 82.2% | 28.2% |
| Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School Hanover Township | 319 | 79.6% | 33.9% |
| Curtin Intrmd School Williamsport | 525 | 79.8% | 32.5% |
| Pocono Mountain West Junior High School Pocono Summit | 697 | 97.7% | 34.3% |
| Pocono Mountain East Junior High School Swiftwater | 505 | 99.4% | 41.3% |
| 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 Scott Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #423 of 479 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #418 of 513 ▼ 11 | #18 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #425 of 513 ▼ 4 | #18 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #354 of 522 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #289 of 486 | #16 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #19 of 486 | #2 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #164 of 510 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #62 of 131 | #2 of 7 |
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
421
+36 (+9%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 421 | 31.3 | 13.5:1 | 82% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 26.8 | 12.9:1 | 100% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 32.2 | 12.1:1 | 100% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 33 | 11.7:1 | 99% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 39.1 | 9.9:1 | 73% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 43 | 10.8:1 | 69% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 43% (171) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scott Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (388 to 421); teachers down 20% (39.1 to 31.3).
About Scott Middle School
Scott Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Students in grades 6 through 7 attend, and enrollment is 421 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Scott Middle School is one school in Coatesville Area SD, a system of 9 schools with 5,142 students.
Scott Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 38%. Other students are 29% Black, 27% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Chester County residents are about 77% White. Scott Middle School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 31.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.5:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 13.2:1. Roughly 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Chester County report 38%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Scott 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.
Scott Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.2% and a predicted 42.4%.
Across Chester County, median household income is about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Chester County number 111 and enroll about 83,468.
The closest public school, Coatesville Area SHS, is about 0.7 miles from Scott Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Scott Middle School ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 421, 9% above the 385 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.5:1, from 11.7:1.
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Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coatesville Area SD
- Coatesville Area SHSHigh · 1,366 students
- Coatesville Intermediate High SchoolHigh · 826 students
- Rainbow Elementary SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Kings Highway Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Caln Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Reeceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Other schools in Coatesville
- Coatesville Area SHSHigh · 1,366 students
- Rainbow Elementary SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Kings Highway Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Reeceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- North Brandywine Middle SchoolMiddle · 274 students
Other Scott Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Scott Middle. Scott Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 1,020 students
- Scott Middle SchoolScott, LA · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Coatesville Area SHS0.7 mi · 1,366
- Coatesville Intermediate High School0.7 mi · 826
- Reeceville Elementary School1.8 mi · 384
- North Brandywine Middle School1.9 mi · 274
- East Fallowfield Elementary School2.4 mi · 281
- Rainbow Elementary School2.6 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About Scott Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Scott Middle School?
Scott Middle School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades 06-07.
Is Scott Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scott Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-07.
How many teachers does Scott Middle School have?
Scott Middle School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Scott Middle School?
Scott Middle School reports a student body of 38% White, 27% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Scott Middle School?
Scott Middle School is overseen by Coatesville Area SD in Chester County.
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