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Enrollment
589
Middle
DISTRICT 730 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHALER AREA SD·NCES 422120006774
Shaler Area Middle School
1810 Mt Royal Blvd, Glenshaw, PA 15116 · (412) 492-1200 · Allegheny County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
242 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 7 | 289 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 300 | 51% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Shaler Area Middle School→Shaler Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Shaler Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 32.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Shaler Area Middle School
Shaler Area Middle School's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaler Area Middle School this school | 589 | 41.1% | 47.2% |
| Elizabeth Forward Middle School Elizabeth | 538 | 40.9% | 52.4% |
| Big Spring Middle School Newville | 550 | 42.0% | 52.1% |
| Hopewell Junior High School Aliquippa | 657 | 43.1% | 48.0% |
| Central Columbia Middle School Bloomsburg | 587 | 37.8% | 63.0% |
| Crossroads Middle School Lewisberry | 541 | 40.3% | 50.2% |
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 Shaler Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #259 of 479 | #33 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #280 of 513 ▲ 26 | #32 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #210 of 513 ▲ 49 | #29 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #243 of 522 | #27 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #71 of 486 | #8 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #355 of 486 | #41 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #331 of 510 | #23 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #91 of 332 | #11 of 27 |
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
589
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 589 | 52.6 | 11.2:1 | 41% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 54.6 | 10.6:1 | 42% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 54.6 | 10.3:1 | 42% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 54 | 11.2:1 | 38% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 58.6 | 11.9:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 68 | 9.2:1 | 33% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 68 | 11.1:1 | 27% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shaler Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (699 to 589); teachers down 10% (58.6 to 52.6).
About Shaler Area Middle School
Shaler Area Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania. The latest federal count shows 589 students in grades 7 through 8.
Shaler Area SD runs Shaler Area Middle School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 3,800 students in total.
The large majority of students at Shaler Area Middle School, 86%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 76%. By the diversity index, Shaler Area Middle School comes in at 25%.
Teachers at the school number 52.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.2:1. Among middle schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Shaler 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.
Shaler Area Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.2% and a predicted 60.0%.
Federal survey data for Allegheny County show that median household income is about $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 277 public schools operate in Allegheny County, serving about 141,392 students.
The closest public school to Shaler Area Middle School is Marzolf Primary School, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 76.5% proficiency; Shaler Area Middle School posts 47.2%.
Locale data from NCES put Shaler Area Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 605 in 2020-21 and 589 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
Discussions about Shaler Area Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shaler Area SD
- Shaler Area High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Shaler Area Elementary SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Scott Primary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Burchfield Primary SchoolElementary · 339 students
- Marzolf Primary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- Reserve Primary SchoolElementary · 111 students
Other schools in Glenshaw
- Shaler Area Elementary SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Scott Primary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Marzolf Primary School1.0 mi · 337
- Shaler Area High School1.0 mi · 1,160
- Scott Primary School1.3 mi · 394
- Shaler Area Elementary School1.3 mi · 870
- Burchfield Primary School1.7 mi · 339
- Ross Elementary School2.0 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Shaler Area Middle SchoolHow large is Shaler Area Middle School?
Shaler Area Middle School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 07-08.
Is Shaler Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shaler Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Shaler Area Middle School have?
Shaler Area Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Shaler Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Shaler Area Middle School are roughly 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Shaler Area Middle School in?
Shaler Area Middle School is part of Shaler Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.