Summary:
The South Allegheny School District in Pennsylvania has only one middle school, South Allegheny Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high poverty levels, and a lack of improvement over time.
South Allegheny Middle School has a student population of 313, with a racial makeup of 75.4% White, 10.22% African American, 4.15% Hispanic, 0.32% Asian, and 9.9% two or more races. The school has a very high percentage of students (99.68%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Academically, the school's proficiency rates on PSSA tests are well below the state average in math, English Language Arts, and science, with the school ranking in the bottom half of Pennsylvania middle schools.
Despite the school district's relatively high per-student spending and low student-teacher ratio, South Allegheny Middle School's academic performance has not improved over the past three school years. This suggests that the district may need to re-evaluate its strategies and resource allocation to better support the needs of this school and its students, who are facing significant challenges in achieving academic success.
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