West Mifflin Area MS

West Mifflin Area MS is one of the medium-sized middle-grades schools in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within West Mifflin Area SD, with 776 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 594.

Across the 4 schools in West Mifflin Area SD (2,393 students total), West Mifflin Area MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, West Mifflin Area MS shows that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Black, 13% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, West Mifflin Area MS has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Mifflin Area MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $78,548 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. West Mifflin Area MS is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Mifflin Area HS, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Mifflin Area MS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Mifflin Area MS has decreased 23%, going from 1,003 students in 2018 to 776 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 58% across the same window.

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