Summary:
The Athens Area School District in Pennsylvania has one middle school, Harlan Rowe Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's academic performance, as measured by PSSA test scores, is generally below the state and district averages, particularly in Math. However, the school has a relatively low dropout rate and a high per-student spending, suggesting some potential strengths in student engagement and resource allocation.
Harlan Rowe Middle School's PSSA Math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates are consistently lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's PSSA Math proficiency rate for all grades was 30.5%, compared to the district average of 33.8% and the state average of 41.7%. Similarly, the school's PSSA ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 53.5%, which is higher than the district average of 42.1% but still lower than the state average of 48.5%. However, the school's PSSA Science proficiency rate for 8th grade in 2023-2024 was 67.3%, which is higher than the state average of 54.5%.
Despite the academic performance concerns, Harlan Rowe Middle School has some positive metrics. The school has a relatively low dropout rate of 1.4% in the 2023-2024 school year, and its per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $21,217, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12:1 in the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest that the school may have some strengths in terms of student engagement and resource allocation, even if these have not yet translated into higher academic achievement.
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