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Enrollment
706
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSPORT AREA SD·NCES 422646007508
Williamsport Area Middle School
2800 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA 17701 · (570) 323-6177 · Lycoming County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL706 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
450 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 362 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 344 | 49% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Williamsport Area Middle School→Williamsport Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Williamsport Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 30.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Williamsport Area Middle School
Williamsport Area Middle School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsport Area Middle School this school | 706 | 63.7% | 39.7% |
| Lycoming Valley Intrmd School Williamsport | 543 | 65.4% | 41.4% |
| Lehman Intermediate School Dingmans Ferry | 540 | 58.5% | 31.9% |
| J T Lambert Intermediate School East Stroudsburg | 907 | 56.1% | 33.7% |
| Lengel Middle School Pottsville | 720 | 63.2% | 38.3% |
| Ridley Middle School Ridley Park | 1,291 | 56.7% | 37.9% |
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 Williamsport Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lycoming County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #346 of 479 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #338 of 513 ▲ 3 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #333 of 513 ▲ 7 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 706 | #166 of 522 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #278 of 486 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #80 of 486 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #189 of 510 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #200 of 332 | #5 of 7 |
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
706
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 706 | 53.1 | 13.3:1 | 64% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 53 | 13.1:1 | 65% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 55.5 | 12.8:1 | 68% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 747 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 71% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 58.2 | 13.3:1 | 64% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 59 | 12.8:1 | 56% (422) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Williamsport Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (773 to 706); teachers down 9% (58.2 to 53.1).
About Williamsport Area Middle School
Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Williamsport Area Middle School is a medium-sized middle school. It serves 706 students in grades 7 through 8.
Besides Williamsport Area Middle School, Williamsport Area SD runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 4,731 students.
Roughly 57% of students at Williamsport Area Middle School are White. Other groups make up 19% Black, 16% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 89% of Lycoming County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 53.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.3:1. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Williamsport Area Middle School is 64%.
The allk12 Grade for Williamsport Area Middle School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.3% for Williamsport Area Middle School. The school posts 39.7%, 10.6 points below the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lycoming County, the median household income is $63,917, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 30 public schools in Lycoming County, enrolling about 14,288 students in all.
The school nearest to Williamsport Area Middle School is Jackson Primary School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Williamsport Area Middle School is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Williamsport Area Middle School had 747 students, to 2024-25, when it had 706. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.4:1 in 2020-21, and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lycoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,489
Census ACS
Median income
$63,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,288 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Williamsport Area SD
- Williamsport Area SHSHigh · 1,462 students
- Jackson Primary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Lycoming Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cochran Primary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Curtin Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Hepburn-Lycoming Primary SchoolElementary · 402 students
Other schools in Williamsport
- Williamsport Area SHSHigh · 1,462 students
- Jackson Primary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Lycoming Valley Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cochran Primary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Curtin Intrmd SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Loyalsock Twp SHSHigh · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Primary School0.3 mi · 555
- Williamsport Area SHS0.4 mi · 1,462
- Lycoming Valley Intrmd School2.8 mi · 543
- Cochran Primary School3.1 mi · 538
- Curtin Intrmd School3.5 mi · 525
- Rommelt Elementary School3.6 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Williamsport Area Middle SchoolHow large is Williamsport Area Middle School?
Williamsport Area Middle School enrolls approximately 706 students in grades 07-08.
Is Williamsport Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Williamsport Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Williamsport Area Middle School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Williamsport Area Middle School.
How diverse is Williamsport Area Middle School?
Williamsport Area Middle School reports a student body of 57% White, 7% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Williamsport Area Middle School?
Williamsport Area Middle School is overseen by Williamsport Area SD in Lycoming County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.