Enrollment
363
Middle
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING COVE SD·NCES 422253005130
Spring Cove Middle School
185 Spring Cove Drive, Roaring Spring, PA 16673 · (814) 224-2106 · Blair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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.
- DBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 119 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 35% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Spring Cove Middle School→Central High School
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.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.7% | 22.4% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Spring Cove Middle School
Spring Cove Middle School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Cove Middle School this school | 363 | 55.1% | 35.8% |
| Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School Philipsburg | 372 | 53.2% | 46.5% |
| Freedom Area Middle School Freedom | 356 | 55.3% | 37.0% |
| Chestnut Ridge Middle School Fishertown | 424 | 54.7% | 55.8% |
| McGuffey Middle School Claysville | 342 | 51.8% | 45.5% |
| Riverside Middle School Ellwood City | 307 | 55.4% | 55.0% |
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 Spring Cove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #381 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #359 of 513 ▲ 43 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #336 of 513 ▲ 78 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #391 of 522 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #359 of 486 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #447 of 486 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #221 of 510 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #61 of 332 | N/A |
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
363
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 363 | 25.4 | 14.3:1 | 55% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 24.6 | 15.1:1 | 54% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 25.1 | 15.0:1 | 52% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 49% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 26.7 | 17.1:1 | 41% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 36% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 47% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 39% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 36 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Cove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (457 to 363); teachers down 5% (26.7 to 25.4).
About Spring Cove Middle School
Spring Cove Middle School, located in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, is a small middle school. The school counts 363 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594 students.
Across its 4 schools, Spring Cove SD enrolls 1,568 students. Spring Cove Middle School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Spring Cove Middle School is 93% White. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 25.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 14.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 55% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Blair County average 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Spring Cove Middle School is C-. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Spring Cove Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 35.8%. Predicted: 54.0%. Difference: 18.2 points.
Census estimates describe Blair County this way: the median household income is $62,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Spring Cove Middle School, Blair County has 32 other public schools.
Spring Cove Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Spring Cove Middle School. Spring Cove Middle School places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Spring Cove Middle School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment at Spring Cove Middle School dropped 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 400 to 363 students.
Community posts for Spring Cove Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Martinsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Spring Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
Other schools in Roaring Spring
- Spring Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Cove Elementary School0.1 mi · 337
- Central High School2.9 mi · 504
- Martinsburg Elementary School3.8 mi · 364
- Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School4.8 mi · 266
- Claysburg-Kimmel Jr High School4.8 mi · 102
- Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School5.0 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Cove Middle SchoolHow large is Spring Cove Middle School?
Spring Cove Middle School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 06-08.
Is Spring Cove Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Cove Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spring Cove Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spring Cove Middle School is approximately 14.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Cove Middle School?
At Spring Cove Middle School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Spring Cove Middle School in?
Spring Cove Middle School is part of Spring Cove SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.