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Middle Schools in Oil City Area School District

At a glance

DistrictOil City Area School District425^th of 606 Pennsylvania districtsFull district overview →

School

528

Students

Top rankedOil City Area Middle School411^th of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools

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Biggest riser

Oil City Area Middle School up 36 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The Oil City Area Middle School is the sole middle school serving the Oil City Area School District in Pennsylvania. The school has faced declining performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 411 out of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2024-2025 to 523 out of 893 in 2022-2023. The school's proficiency rates on PSSA tests in Math and English Language Arts are generally below the state averages across all grade levels.

Demographic and socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's challenges. Oil City Area Middle School has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 100.71% in 2023-2024. The district as a whole is ranked 425 out of 606 in Pennsylvania and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating systemic issues that may be affecting the performance of the school.

Despite the school's lower-than-average performance, it does have some positive attributes, such as a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.2 and higher-than-average per-student spending of $13,975 for the 2022-2023 school year. These factors suggest that there may be opportunities for targeted interventions and resource allocation to improve student outcomes at the school.

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Ranking:

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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 (2025)	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 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	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
Oil City Area Middle School	Public	5-8	8 Lynch Blvd	Oil City	16301	Venango County	Oil City Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 676-5702	528	43	12.3	107.2%	482 (91.3%)	11 (2.1%)	19 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	51.9	411^th of 873 public middle schools	52.9%		51.1	447^th of 891 public middle schools	49.8%	36	36.4	22.0	27.7	40.2	31.5	40.0	42.9	41.2	53.0	44.6	$13,805	$1,519	$12,286

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Valley Grove School District	7.35 mi	2	151^st
Venango Technology Center	7.57 mi	1
Franklin Area School District	8.16 mi	5	356^th
Titusville Area School District	9.71 mi	6	278^th
Cranberry Area School District	10.66 mi	3	358^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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