Middle Schools in Brownsville Area School District

Summary:

Brownsville Area School District has only one middle school, Brownsville Area Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school and its surrounding district have consistently ranked in the bottom half of Pennsylvania schools, indicating significant challenges in academic achievement and student outcomes.

Brownsville Area Middle School has been ranked 676th out of 873 middle schools in Pennsylvania for the 2024-2025 school year, 646th out of 891 in 2023-2024, and 679th out of 893 in 2022-2023. The school is rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, suggesting below-average performance. Academically, the school lags significantly behind state averages in both Math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency across all grade levels, with only 17.2% of students proficient in Math and 23.4% proficient in ELA in 2024-2025, compared to state averages of 41.7% and 48.5%, respectively.

The challenges faced by Brownsville Area Middle School may be related to the socioeconomic factors in the Brownsville Area School District, which is ranked 527th out of 606 districts in Pennsylvania and is also rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, with 100% of students receiving this benefit in the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, the school had a per-student spending of $21,335 in the 2022-2023 school year, suggesting potential resource constraints that may be contributing to the poor academic performance.

District Detail

5 Falcon Drive
Brownsville, PA 15417-2200

(724) 785-2021

SchoolDigger Rank:
527^th of 606 Pennsylvania districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 1,403

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)				PSSA English Language Arts (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Brownsville Area Middle School	Public	6-8	Three Falcon Drive	Brownsville	15417	Fayette County	Brownsville Area School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 785-2155	329	23	14.1	106.1%	274 (83.3%)	21 (6.4%)	8 (2.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (7.0%)	20.7	676^th of 873 public middle schools	22.6%		25.7	646^th of 891 public middle schools	27.5%	30	18.2	18.0	15.2	17.2	17.7	26.8	25.3	23.4	$19,890	$3,882	$16,007

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
California Area School District	3.16 mi	4	437^th
California Academy of Learning Charter School	3.33 mi	1	559^th
Frazier School District	4.99 mi	4	347^th
Bethlehem-Center School District	7.21 mi	2	430^th
Uniontown Area School District	7.57 mi	9	366^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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