Summary:
The city of Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania has only one middle school, Charles A Huston Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Burrell School District.
Charles A Huston Middle School has consistently ranked in the 500s out of over 800-900 Pennsylvania middle schools, earning a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in PSSA Math and English Language Arts (ELA) tests are generally below the state and district averages, with Math proficiency ranging from 18.9% to 31.7% and ELA proficiency ranging from 41.4% to 45.9% across different grade levels. The school's Science proficiency rate for 8th grade was also lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school had a 1.4% dropout rate in the 2023-2024 school year.
The school has 403 students enrolled, with a relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, as indicated by the 42.18% free and reduced-price lunch rate. The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $15,749, and the student-teacher ratio is 14:1. These factors suggest that the school may face challenges in providing effective academic instruction and support for its students, and targeted interventions and support focused on improving instructional quality and addressing the needs of economically disadvantaged students could be beneficial.
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