Enrollment
205
Middle
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON SD·NCES 422499006912
Washington Junior High School
201 Allison Avenue, Washington, PA 15301 · (724) 223-5060 · Washington County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- 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
10.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
198 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 7 | 112 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 45% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Washington Junior High School→Washington High School
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.8pp since 2023
Math
15.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 18.6% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Washington Junior High School
Washington Junior High School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Junior High School this school | 205 | 96.6% | 32.0% |
| Lafayette Middle School Uniontown | 150 | 96.0% | 26.5% |
| Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8 Pittsburgh | 260 | 100.0% | 36.7% |
| Beaver Falls Middle School Beaver Falls | 360 | 95.8% | 35.8% |
| Monessen Middle School Monessen | 128 | 93.0% | 15.1% |
| Rochester Middle School Rochester | 181 | 96.1% | 35.8% |
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 Washington Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #408 of 479 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #439 of 513 ▼ 12 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #427 of 513 ▼ 69 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #484 of 522 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #52 of 486 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #12 of 486 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #124 of 510 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #277 of 332 | #4 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
205
+23 (+13%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 205 | 18.8 | 10.9:1 | 97% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 17.3 | 11.4:1 | 100% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 16.8 | 13.1:1 | 100% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 18 | 10.1:1 | 98% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 19.1 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 99% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | 25 | 9.3:1 | 62% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 36 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (213 to 205); teachers down 2% (19.1 to 18.8).
About Washington Junior High School
Washington Junior High School is the name of a very small middle school in Washington, Pennsylvania. The school has 205 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8. The school is 65% below the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Washington SD enrolls 1,456 students, and its 3 schools include Washington Junior High School.
White students account for 35% of enrollment at Washington Junior High School, more than any other group. Other students are 29% Black, 26% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Washington County residents are about 90% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Washington Junior High School reported 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.9:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 2.3 more students per teacher than here. There are 198 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 97% of enrollment. That rate is above the 49% average among public schools in Washington County.
On the allk12 Grade, Washington Junior High School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Test results at Washington Junior High School are 4.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.0% actual, 36.2% predicted).
In Washington County, median household income comes to about $78,958, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington County counts 56 public schools with about 26,079 students.
Washington High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.0%; Washington Junior High School's is 32.0%, ranking 7th of 8.
Federal data place Washington Junior High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Washington Junior High School had a net gain of 23 students, or 13%.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington SD
- Washington Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 387 students
Other schools in Washington
- Trinity SHSHigh · 1,054 students
- Washington Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
- Trinity Middle SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Trinity Intermediate SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 387 students
- Trinity West Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Other Washington Junior High schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Washington Junior High. Washington Junior High School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLBENTONVILLE, AR · 709 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolNaperville, IL · 551 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolRock Island, IL · 529 students
- Washington Junior High SchoolToledo, OH · 504 students
- Washington Junior High SchoolWashington, IN · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Washington High School0.0 mi · 387
- Trinity SHS0.7 mi · 1,054
- Trinity West Elementary School1.3 mi · 303
- Washington Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 864
- Trinity Middle School1.8 mi · 759
- Trinity Intermediate School1.8 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Washington Junior High School?
Washington Junior High School enrolls approximately 205 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Washington Junior High School serve?
Washington Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Washington Junior High School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Washington Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Junior High School?
At Washington Junior High School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 9% Hispanic, 29% Black, 26% Two or more.
Who oversees Washington Junior High School?
Washington Junior High School is overseen by Washington SD in Washington County.
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