Best Middle Schools in Pennsylvania

School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2017 vs 2016)
ID	Rank (of 864)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Fulltime Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2017)	Average Standard Score (2016)	Rank (2016)	Rank Change From 2016	SchoolDigger Rating (2017)
421899003808	1	Masterman Julia R Sec School	Public, Alternative	5-12	1699 Spring Garden St	Philadelphia	19130	Philadelphia	Philadelphia City SD	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 299-4661	1,180	55	21.4	30.4 %	481 (40.8 %)	239 (20.3 %)	64 (5.4 %)	310 (26.3 %)	1 (0.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)	85 (7.2 %)	98.8	98.6	1
421896004256	2	Peters Township Middle School	Public	7-8	625 E McMurray Rd	McMurray	15317	Washington	Peters Township SD	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 941-2688	713	46	15.5	4.4 %	663 (93.0 %)	5 (0.7 %)	14 (2.0 %)	25 (3.5 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.1 %)	5 (0.7 %)	97.5	96.9	3	1
421611000340	3	Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	21 Moffett St	Pittsburgh	15243	Allegheny	Mt Lebanon SD	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 344-2120	581	51	11.3	8.4 %	526 (90.5 %)	9 (1.5 %)	10 (1.7 %)	25 (4.3 %)	1 (0.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	10 (1.7 %)	97.2	96.7	4	1
421899000551	4	Gamp	Public, Alternative	5-12	23rd And Ritner Sts	Philadelphia	19145	Philadelphia	Philadelphia City SD	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 952-8590	504	24	21	39.7 %	225 (44.6 %)	147 (29.2 %)	17 (3.4 %)	94 (18.7 %)	1 (0.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	20 (4.0 %)	96.7	92.9	28	24
422058000258	5	South Fayette Middle School	Public	6-8	3700 Old Oakdale Rd	Mc Donald	15057	Allegheny	South Fayette Township SD	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 221-4542	659	45	14.6	11.4 %	555 (84.2 %)	24 (3.6 %)	7 (1.1 %)	61 (9.3 %)	2 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	10 (1.5 %)	96.5	96.9	2	3
422421006719	6	Charles F Patton Middle School	Public	6-8	760 Unionville Road	Kennett Square	19348	Chester	Unionville-Chadds Ford SD	No	No	No	No	(610) 347-2000	1,000	73	13.6	5.9 %	829 (82.9 %)	2 (0.2 %)	35 (3.5 %)	112 (11.2 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	22 (2.2 %)	96.3	96	6
420007000514	7	Souderton Charter School Collaborative	Public, Charter	K-8	110 E Broad Street	Souderton	18964	Montgomery	Souderton CS Collaborative	Yes	No	No	No	(215) 721-4560	212	21	10	0.0 %	161 (75.9 %)	10 (4.7 %)	12 (5.7 %)	23 (10.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	6 (2.8 %)	96.2	96.4	5	2
422457000491	8	Fort Couch Middle School	Public	7-8	515 Fort Couch Rd	Pittsburgh	15241	Allegheny	Upper Saint Clair SD	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 833-1600	677	44	15.3	4.3 %	575 (84.9 %)	6 (0.9 %)	14 (2.1 %)	76 (11.2 %)	1 (0.1 %)	0 (0.0 %)	5 (0.7 %)	95.8	94.8	15	7
422256000836	9	Spring-Ford Middle School 8th Grade Center	Public, Alternative	8	700 Washington Street	Royersford	19468	Montgomery	Spring-Ford Area SD	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 705-6002	616	48	12.8	15.4 %	525 (85.2 %)	23 (3.7 %)	17 (2.8 %)	34 (5.5 %)	2 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	15 (2.4 %)	95.8	95	14	5
421899000619	10	Penn Alexander School	Public	K-8	4209 Spruce St	Philadelphia	19104	Philadelphia	Philadelphia City SD	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 823-5465	564	35	16.1	27.8 %	221 (39.2 %)	136 (24.1 %)	38 (6.7 %)	103 (18.3 %)	3 (0.5 %)	2 (0.4 %)	61 (10.8 %)	95.3	94.7	16	6

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