Enrollment
363
Middle
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING COVE SD·NCES 422253005130
Spring Cove MS
185 Spring Cove Drive, Roaring Spring, PA 16673 · (814) 224-2106 · Blair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
200 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Spring Cove MS→Central HS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Spring Cove SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
-94 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.1:1
% White
93%
was 96%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Spring Cove MS
Spring Cove MS is a 6-8 campus of tight-knit scale in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, operated by Spring Cove SD, teacheing 363 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 594.
Spring Cove MS is one of 4 schools operated by Spring Cove SD, a district that caters to 1,568 students overall.
On demographics, Spring Cove MS lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Spring Cove MS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Spring Cove MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Blair County's rate of about 74%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spring Cove MS is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 54.0%; Spring Cove MS posts 35.8%, -18.2 points below that line.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Blair County) logs that median household income runs about $62,382, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Blair County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students), of which Spring Cove MS is one.
Spring Cove El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Spring Cove MS comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
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Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spring Cove SD
- Central HSHigh · 504 students
- Martinsburg El SchElementary · 364 students
- Spring Cove El SchElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Cove El Sch0.1 mi · 337
- Central HS2.9 mi · 504
- Martinsburg El Sch3.8 mi · 364
- Claysburg-Kimmel Jr HS4.8 mi · 102
- Claysburg-Kimmel Sr HS4.8 mi · 266
- Claysburg-Kimmel El Sch5.0 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Cove MSHow large is Spring Cove MS?
Spring Cove MS enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 06-08.
Is Spring Cove MS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Cove MS is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spring Cove MS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spring Cove MS is approximately 14.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Cove MS?
At Spring Cove MS, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Spring Cove MS in?
Spring Cove MS is part of Spring Cove SD.
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