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Enrollment
459
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT MARYS AREA SD·NCES 422064001992
St Marys Area Middle School
979 S Saint Marys Rd, Saint Marys, PA 15857 · (814) 834-7831 · Elk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
444 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 6 | 143 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 37% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
St Marys Area Middle School→St Marys Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Saint Marys Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.8pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.2pp 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 22 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 22.2% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 St Marys Area Middle School
St Marys Area Middle School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Area Middle School this school | 459 | 96.7% | 38.5% |
| West Perry Middle School Elliottsburg | 499 | 96.6% | 44.1% |
| Derry Area Middle School Derry | 440 | 95.7% | 49.0% |
| Mifflinburg Area Middle School Mifflinburg | 445 | 94.8% | 50.1% |
| Harlan Rowe Middle School Athens | 496 | 93.5% | 44.7% |
| Albert Gallatin North Middle School McClellandtown | 375 | 98.9% | 37.4% |
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 St Marys Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #354 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #401 of 513 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #340 of 513 ▼ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #330 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #421 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #460 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #121 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #294 of 332 |
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
459
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 97% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 32.7 | 13.6:1 | 100% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 32.7 | 13.0:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 50% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 32.7 | 14.4:1 | 36% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 33% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 33% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 25% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 29 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St Marys Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (471 to 459); teachers down 8% (32.7 to 30).
About St Marys Area Middle School
St Marys Area Middle School, located in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania, is a small middle school. It had 459 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
Saint Marys Area SD enrolls 1,845 students in 4 schools, including St Marys Area Middle School.
Of every 100 students at St Marys Area Middle School, about 94 are White. The remaining students are 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Elk County at about 95% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at St Marys Area Middle School comes to 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 2.2 fewer students per teacher than here. St Marys Area Middle School counts 97% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, St Marys Area Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 49% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, St Marys Area Middle School would be expected to post about 36.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.5%.
For Elk County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $66,380, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 10 public schools and about 3,139 students.
About 0.2 miles separate St Marys Area Middle School from the closest public school, St Marys Area SHS. The five-mile area around St Marys Area Middle School holds 3 other public schools. St Marys Area Middle School ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.5% against a local average of 57.7%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment went from 458 in 2020-21 to 459 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.5:1 to 15.3:1.
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Elk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,506
Census ACS
Median income
$66,380
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saint Marys Area SD
- South St Marys Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- St Marys Area SHSHigh · 572 students
- Fox Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Bennetts Valley Elementary SchoolCombined
Other schools in Saint Marys
- South St Marys Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- St Marys Area SHSHigh · 572 students
Nearby schools
- St Marys Area SHS0.2 mi · 572
- South St Marys Street Elementary School1.7 mi · 583
- Fox Twp Elementary School3.9 mi · 231
- Francis S Grandinetti Elementary School8.3 mi · 359
- Ridgway Area Middle School9.1 mi · 198
- Ridgway Area High School9.1 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About St Marys Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend St Marys Area Middle School?
St Marys Area Middle School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does St Marys Area Middle School serve?
St Marys Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does St Marys Area Middle School have?
St Marys Area Middle School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at St Marys Area Middle School?
Student demographics at St Marys Area Middle School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees St Marys Area Middle School?
St Marys Area Middle School is overseen by Saint Marys Area SD in Elk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.