West Branch MS

Located at 444 Allport Cutoff, in Morrisdale, Pennsylvania, West Branch MS is a tiny middle-grades school that educates 191 students (grades 6 through 8), run under West Branch Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so West Branch MS sits 68% below that benchmark.

West Branch Area SD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 834 students. West Branch MS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, West Branch MS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Clearfield County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, West Branch MS has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Branch MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 35.4%, a residual of -0.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Clearfield County shows median household earnings sit near $62,152, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clearfield County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,409 students), of which West Branch MS is one.

West Branch Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Branch MS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.