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Enrollment
488
Middle
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAMAQUA AREA SD·NCES 422322000548
Tamaqua Area Middle School
502 Penn Street, Tamaqua, PA 18252 · (570) 668-1210 · Schuylkill County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- C-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
14.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
284 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 162 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 33% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Tamaqua Area Middle School→Tamaqua Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Tamaqua Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
22.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 37 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 30.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Tamaqua Area Middle School
Tamaqua Area Middle School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamaqua Area Middle School this school | 488 | 58.2% | 36.3% |
| Milton Area Middle School Milton | 445 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| Hamburg Area Middle School Hamburg | 482 | 54.4% | 35.9% |
| DeFranco Elementary School Bangor | 413 | 55.9% | 54.3% |
| Lehighton Area Middle School Lehighton | 478 | 52.5% | 39.4% |
| Wind Gap Middle School Pen Argyl | 510 | 52.7% | 46.3% |
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 Tamaqua Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #376 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #398 of 513 ▼ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #404 of 513 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #314 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #341 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #318 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #203 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #225 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
488
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 488 | 34.7 | 14.1:1 | 58% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 34.3 | 13.6:1 | 61% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 32.3 | 13.4:1 | 61% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 47% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 33.9 | 15.6:1 | 51% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 42% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tamaqua Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (527 to 488); teachers up 2% (33.9 to 34.7).
About Tamaqua Area Middle School
The public middle-grades school Tamaqua Area Middle School is located in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 488 students.
Tamaqua Area Middle School is run by Tamaqua Area SD, whose 4 schools enroll 2,048 students.
White students are 83% of those enrolled at Tamaqua Area Middle School. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic and 4% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
Staffing at Tamaqua Area Middle School comes to 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.1:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Tamaqua Area Middle School counts 58% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Tamaqua Area Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.7%. Tamaqua Area Middle School scores 36.3%.
In the surrounding county, Schuylkill County, the median household earns about $68,313 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Tamaqua Area Middle School, Schuylkill County has 35 public schools.
Tamaqua Area Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Tamaqua Area SHS, its nearest public school. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Tamaqua Area Middle School's average proficiency of 36.3% compares with 34.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Tamaqua Area Middle School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 488, starting from 492.
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Schuylkill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,558
Census ACS
Median income
$68,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,259 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tamaqua Area SD
- Tamaqua Elementary SchoolElementary · 697 students
- Tamaqua Area SHSHigh · 613 students
- West Penn Twp Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
Other schools in Tamaqua
- Tamaqua Elementary SchoolElementary · 697 students
- Tamaqua Area SHSHigh · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Tamaqua Area SHS0.1 mi · 613
- Tamaqua Elementary School0.8 mi · 697
- West Penn Twp Elementary School6.4 mi · 250
- McAdoo-Kelayres El/MS7.3 mi · 900
- Panther Valley JSHS7.6 mi · 759
- Panther Valley Intermediate School7.7 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Tamaqua Area Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tamaqua Area Middle School?
Tamaqua Area Middle School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Tamaqua Area Middle School serve?
Tamaqua Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tamaqua Area Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tamaqua Area Middle School is approximately 14.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Tamaqua Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Tamaqua Area Middle School are roughly 83% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Tamaqua Area Middle School in?
Tamaqua Area Middle School is part of Tamaqua Area SD.
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