Enrollment
354
Middle
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN-TRAFFORD SD·NCES 421866006189
Trafford Middle School
100 E Brinton Ave, Trafford, PA 15085 · (412) 372-6600 · Westmoreland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
85 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 130 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 36% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Trafford Middle School→Penn Trafford High School
Based on grade levels within Penn-Trafford SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
52.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.2% | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 44.5% |
% 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
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Trafford Middle School
Trafford Middle School's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trafford Middle School this school | 354 | 24.0% | 64.6% |
| Northwestern Lehigh Middle School New Tripoli | 440 | 24.8% | 55.9% |
| Beaver Area Middle School Beaver | 291 | 27.8% | 62.2% |
| Quaker Valley Middle School Sewickley | 425 | 22.4% | 72.4% |
| Southern Middle School Glen Rock | 466 | 23.4% | 51.2% |
| South Eastern Intrmd School Fawn Grove | 397 | 31.5% | 53.2% |
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 Trafford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #70 of 479 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #98 of 513 ▲ 65 | #4 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #34 of 513 ▼ 8 | #2 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #397 of 522 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #476 of 486 | #18 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #401 of 486 | #8 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #442 of 510 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #126 of 131 | #5 of 6 |
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
354
+42 (+13%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 354 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 24% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 21.5 | 15.7:1 | 25% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 21.5 | 15.5:1 | 21% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 20% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 22.6 | 15.6:1 | 22% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 23% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 15% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 23% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 20 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trafford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (352 to 354); teachers down 16% (22.6 to 19).
About Trafford Middle School
Trafford Middle School sits in Trafford, Pennsylvania, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school counted 354 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 40% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania (about 594).
The district, Penn-Trafford SD, has 3,773 students enrolled across 8 schools.
Trafford Middle School is 90% White by enrollment. Next come 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Westmoreland County, where about 92% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Its staff includes 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 5.5 students per teacher. Roughly 24% of students at Trafford Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County is 29 points.
Trafford Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Trafford Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.6%) and its predicted rate (67.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
In the surrounding county, Westmoreland County, the median household earns about $74,109 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Trafford Middle School, Westmoreland County has 85 public schools.
The closest school to Trafford Middle School is Trafford Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Trafford Middle School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Trafford Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Trafford 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.
The school's student count rose 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 18.6:1, from 14.9:1.
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Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn-Trafford SD
- Penn Trafford High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- McCullough Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Harrison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Level Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 269 students
Other schools in Trafford
- Level Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 269 students
- Trafford Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Nearby schools
- Trafford Elementary School0.0 mi · 196
- East Allegheny JSHS1.5 mi · 672
- Logan Elementary School1.8 mi · 727
- Propel CS-Pitcairn1.9 mi · 182
- Ramsey Elementary School2.2 mi · 335
- Stewartsville Elementary School2.4 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Trafford Middle SchoolHow large is Trafford Middle School?
Trafford Middle School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Trafford Middle School serve?
Trafford Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Trafford Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Trafford Middle School is approximately 18.6:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Trafford Middle School?
At Trafford Middle School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Trafford Middle School public or private?
Trafford Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penn-Trafford SD.
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