Enrollment
172
Middle
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEATHERLY AREA SD·NCES 422514006838
Weatherly Area Middle School
602 6th St, Weatherly, PA 18255 · (570) 427-8689 · Carbon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.7:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
85 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 69 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 30% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Weatherly Area Middle School→Weatherly Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Weatherly Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.5pp 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 24 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 up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 21.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Weatherly Area Middle School
Weatherly Area Middle School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherly Area Middle School this school | 172 | 49.4% | 34.8% |
| Oakview Elementary School West Middlesex | 171 | 51.5% | 59.1% |
| McConnellsburg Middle School McConnellsburg | 213 | 49.8% | 48.1% |
| Tulpehocken Area Middle School Bernville | 214 | 48.1% | 48.7% |
| Leechburg Area Middle School Leechburg | 147 | 45.6% | 47.7% |
| Meyersdale Area Middle School Meyersdale | 163 | 53.4% | 52.1% |
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 Weatherly Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #386 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #385 of 513 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #405 of 513 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 172 | #498 of 522 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #265 of 510 |
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
172
+36 (+26%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 172 | 10.3 | 16.7:1 | 49% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 139 | 8.1 | 17.2:1 | 61% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 126 | 8.7 | 14.6:1 | 62% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 9 | 15.1:1 | 59% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 137 | 14 | 9.8:1 | 53% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 136 | 16 | 8.5:1 | 49% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 174 | 16 | 10.9:1 | 43% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 190 | 11 | 17.3:1 | 72% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 9 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weatherly Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (137 to 172); teachers down 26% (14 to 10.3).
About Weatherly Area Middle School
Weatherly Area Middle School is a small middle school serving families in Weatherly, Pennsylvania. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 172 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Pennsylvania) has about 594 students.
The Weatherly Area SD system has 3 schools and 588 students.
White students make up 87% of enrollment at Weatherly Area Middle School. Other students are 10% Hispanic. For comparison, Carbon County is about 89% White. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Weatherly Area Middle School is 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.7:1. This ratio sits 3.6 above the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 49%. That is 16 points below the 65% average for public schools in Carbon County.
The allk12 Grade for Weatherly Area Middle School is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Weatherly Area Middle School would score about 56.4%. It scores 34.8%, a bottom-10% result among Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Carbon County has these Census figures: the median household income is $67,554, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Carbon County has 18 public schools and roughly 8,111 students.
The school nearest to Weatherly Area Middle School is Weatherly Area Elementary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Weatherly Area Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 36 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.7 students per teacher, compared with 15.1 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,382
Census ACS
Median income
$67,554
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,111 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weatherly Area SD
- Weatherly Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Weatherly Area High SchoolHigh · 125 students
Other schools in Weatherly
- Weatherly Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Weatherly Area High SchoolHigh · 125 students
Nearby schools
- Weatherly Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 291
- Weatherly Area High School0.1 mi · 125
- Panther Valley Elementary School5.0 mi · 556
- Carbon Career & Technical Institute5.9 mi · 375
- L B Morris Elementary School5.9 mi · 615
- Jim Thorpe Area High School6.3 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Weatherly Area Middle SchoolHow large is Weatherly Area Middle School?
Weatherly Area Middle School enrolls approximately 172 students in grades 06-08.
Is Weatherly Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Weatherly Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Weatherly Area Middle School have?
Weatherly Area Middle School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weatherly Area Middle School?
At Weatherly Area Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Weatherly Area Middle School public or private?
Weatherly Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weatherly Area SD.
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