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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the South Park MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
580
Middle
DISTRICT 621 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH PARK SD·NCES 422206006906
South Park Middle School
2500 Stewart Rd, South Park, PA 15129 · (412) 655-3111 · Allegheny County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest 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
15.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
187 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 140 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 146 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 24% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
South Park Middle School→South Park SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Park SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 49.1% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 South Park Middle School
South Park Middle School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Park Middle School this school | 580 | 32.2% | 49.2% |
| Fairview Middle School Fairview | 633 | 27.6% | 70.6% |
| Moon Area Upper Middle School Moon Township | 621 | 27.4% | 63.5% |
| Perkiomen Valley MS-West Zieglerville | 509 | 28.5% | 58.0% |
| Pennwood Middle School Yardley | 740 | 30.9% | 55.7% |
| Haine Middle School Cranberry Twp | 522 | 24.7% | 66.5% |
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 South Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #222 of 479 | #29 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #223 of 513 ▼ 106 | #30 of 51 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #304 of 513 ▼ 27 | #32 of 51 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #247 of 522 | #28 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #405 of 486 | #39 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #302 of 486 | #30 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #398 of 510 | #29 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #56 of 131 | #8 of 18 |
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
580
+59 (+11%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 580 | 38.7 | 15.0:1 | 32% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 40.7 | 13.5:1 | 34% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 39.7 | 13.6:1 | 32% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 30% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 38.6 | 13.8:1 | 28% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 25% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 700 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 12% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 40 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (532 to 580); teachers unchanged (38.6 to 38.7).
About South Park Middle School
Students in South Park, Pennsylvania, attend South Park Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. A federal count lists 580 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8.
South Park Middle School is one school in South Park SD, a system of 3 schools with 1,864 students.
Federal enrollment data show South Park Middle School is 82% White. Other groups make up 7% Asian, 7% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
South Park Middle School counts 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.0 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. About 32% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for South Park Middle School is C+. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, South Park Middle School's results are 14.6 points below predicted: 49.2% against 63.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Allegheny County show that the median household income is $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides South Park Middle School, Allegheny County has 276 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. South Park Middle School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment rise, from 521 in 2020-21 to 580 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 South Park SD
- South Park Elementary CenterElementary · 731 students
- South Park SHSHigh · 553 students
Other schools in South Park
- South Park Elementary CenterElementary · 731 students
- South Park SHSHigh · 553 students
Other South Park Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Park Middle. South Park Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- South Park MiddleOshkosh, WI · 354 students
- South Park Middle SchoolFAIRPLAY, CO · 87 students
Nearby schools
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 Middle School0.9 mi · 597
- South Park SHS1.2 mi · 553
- South Park Elementary Center1.4 mi · 731
- William Penn Elementary School1.6 mi · 212
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School2.3 mi · 338
- Gill Hall Elementary School2.8 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About South Park Middle SchoolHow many students attend South Park Middle School?
South Park Middle School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does South Park Middle School serve?
South Park Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Park Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Park Middle School is approximately 15.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at South Park Middle School?
Student demographics at South Park Middle School are roughly 82% White, 2% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is South Park Middle School in?
South Park Middle School is part of South Park SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.