Summary:
The Brentwood Borough School District in Pennsylvania has only one middle school, Brentwood Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 287th out of 891 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2023-2024 to 474th out of 873 in 2024-2025.
Brentwood Middle School's academic performance on PSSA tests has been mixed, with proficiency rates in Math below the district and state averages for all grade levels in 2024-2025, but above the district average for 6th and 8th grades in 2023-2024. In English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rates were above the district average for all grade levels in 2024-2025, but still below the state average. The school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rates were above the district and state averages in 2023-2024.
Demographically, Brentwood Middle School has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (62.04% in 2023-2024), indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. However, the school has a lower student-teacher ratio of 11.7 and higher spending per student ($18,983 in 2022-2023) compared to the state average, which may suggest a focus on providing additional resources and support for students. The school's dropout rate of 1.4% for the 2023-2024 school year is relatively low.
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