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What's one thing Stroudsburg MS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,015
Middle
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STROUDSBURG AREA SD·NCES 422286000884
Stroudsburg Middle School
200 Pocono Commons, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 · (570) 213-0203 · Monroe County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,015 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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.
- 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
11.4:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
489 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 352 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 322 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 341 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Stroudsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 41.2% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Stroudsburg Middle School
Stroudsburg Middle School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroudsburg Middle School this school | 1,015 | 48.2% | 49.2% |
| East Hills Middle School Bethlehem | 966 | 52.7% | 36.2% |
| Central York Middle School York | 844 | 46.6% | 49.1% |
| Nitschmann Middle School Bethlehem | 731 | 48.8% | 42.5% |
| Wilson Southern Middle School Sinking Spring | 753 | 45.9% | 43.6% |
| Gerald G Huesken Middle School Lancaster | 851 | 55.3% | 46.0% |
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 Stroudsburg Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #221 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #153 of 513 ▲ 42 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #214 of 513 ▲ 59 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,015 | #50 of 522 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #86 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #40 of 486 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #275 of 510 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #132 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
1,015
-98 (-9%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,289
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 1,015 | 88.8 | 11.4:1 | 48% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 981 | 88.3 | 11.1:1 | 50% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 1,056 | 85.8 | 12.3:1 | 45% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 1,113 | 88 | 12.7:1 | 42% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 1,169 | 83.4 | 14.0:1 | 41% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 80 | 13.7:1 | 43% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 1,289 | 98 | 13.2:1 | 39% (501) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stroudsburg Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,169 to 1,015); teachers up 6% (83.4 to 88.8).
About Stroudsburg Middle School
In Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, part of Monroe County, Stroudsburg Middle School is a middle school. Its 1,015 students are spread across grades 5 through 7. The school's enrollment is 71% above the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Stroudsburg Middle School is one school in Stroudsburg Area SD, a system of 7 schools with 4,361 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Stroudsburg Middle School is White (49%). Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 64% White. By the diversity index, Stroudsburg Middle School comes in at 66%.
Stroudsburg Middle School employs 88.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.4:1. That ratio is under the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 48% in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Monroe County report 74%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Stroudsburg Middle School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Stroudsburg Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.2%; the prediction is 57.0%.
Within Monroe County, median household income is about $83,565, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Monroe County number 29 and enroll about 20,752.
The closest public school, Stroudsburg Junior High School, is about 0.3 miles from Stroudsburg Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Stroudsburg Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Stroudsburg Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Stroudsburg Middle School had 1,113 students in 2020-21 and 1,015 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.7:1 to 11.4:1.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,515
Census ACS
Median income
$83,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
20,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stroudsburg Area SD
- Stroudsburg High SchoolHigh · 1,196 students
- Stroudsburg Junior High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- Chipperfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 681 students
- Hamilton Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- B F Morey Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- Arlington Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
Other schools in Stroudsburg
- Stroudsburg High SchoolHigh · 1,196 students
- Stroudsburg Junior High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- Chipperfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 681 students
- B F Morey Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- Arlington Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Stroudsburg Junior High School0.3 mi · 721
- Chipperfield Elementary School0.3 mi · 681
- Arlington Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 215
- Stroudsburg High School2.0 mi · 1,196
- B F Morey Elementary School2.1 mi · 228
- Monroe Career and Technical Institute2.6 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Stroudsburg Middle SchoolHow large is Stroudsburg Middle School?
Stroudsburg Middle School enrolls approximately 1,015 students in grades 05-07.
Is Stroudsburg Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stroudsburg Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-07.
How many teachers does Stroudsburg Middle School have?
Stroudsburg Middle School employs 89 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is Stroudsburg Middle School?
Stroudsburg Middle School reports a student body of 49% White, 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Stroudsburg Middle School?
Stroudsburg Middle School is overseen by Stroudsburg Area SD in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.