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Enrollment
429
Middle
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STEEL VALLEY SD·NCES 422279000260
Steel Valley Middle School
3114 Main St, Munhall, PA 15120 · (412) 464-3600 · Allegheny County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- B-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
11.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
424 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 110 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 26% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Steel Valley Middle School→Steel Valley SHS
Based on grade levels within Steel Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 18.7% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Steel Valley Middle School
Steel Valley Middle School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Valley Middle School this school | 429 | 98.8% | 28.7% |
| Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 Pittsburgh | 260 | 100.0% | 36.7% |
| Beaver Falls Middle School Beaver Falls | 360 | 95.8% | 35.8% |
| Founders Hall Middle School McKeesport | 642 | 99.1% | 15.4% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School Erie | 769 | 96.1% | 18.0% |
| Washington Junior High School Washington | 205 | 96.6% | 32.0% |
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 Steel Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #420 of 479 | #39 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #429 of 513 ▼ 3 | #38 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #435 of 513 ▼ 3 | #42 of 51 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #348 of 522 | #37 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #100 of 486 | #12 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #67 of 486 | #7 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #101 of 510 | #14 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #325 of 332 | #26 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
429
+60 (+16%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 429 | 37.1 | 11.6:1 | 99% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 35.1 | 12.1:1 | 100% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 32.2 | 12.6:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 99% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 30.7 | 14.1:1 | 99% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 98% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 53% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 44% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Steel Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (431 to 429); teachers up 21% (30.7 to 37.1).
About Steel Valley Middle School
Among the schools in Munhall, Pennsylvania, is Steel Valley Middle School, a small middle school. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 429 students. Middle schools in Pennsylvania have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 28% lower.
Steel Valley Middle School reports to Steel Valley SD, which has 4 schools and 1,409 students.
Of every 100 students at Steel Valley Middle School, about 45 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 40% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Census figures show Allegheny County is about 76% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 37.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.6:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County is 45 points.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Steel Valley Middle School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Steel Valley Middle School is 35.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.7%.
Allegheny County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $78,548 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Allegheny County number 277, with about 141,392 students.
Of the public schools around it, Steel Valley Middle School is closest to Steel Valley SHS, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.7%; Steel Valley Middle School's is 28.7%, ranking 4th of 7.
Steel Valley Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 429 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 369.
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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 Steel Valley SD
- Steel Valley SHSHigh · 415 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Barrett Elementary SchoolElementary · 225 students
Other schools in Munhall
- Steel Valley SHSHigh · 415 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Steel Valley SHS0.0 mi · 415
- Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 340
- Homeville Elementary School1.2 mi · 424
- Barrett Elementary School1.3 mi · 225
- Propel CS-Homestead1.3 mi · 476
- West Mifflin Area High School1.4 mi · 964
Frequently asked questions
About Steel Valley Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Steel Valley Middle School?
Steel Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Steel Valley Middle School serve?
Steel Valley Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Steel Valley Middle School have?
Steel Valley Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Steel Valley Middle School?
Steel Valley Middle School reports a student body of 45% White, 5% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Steel Valley Middle School public or private?
Steel Valley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Steel Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.