Summary:
The 15552 zip code is home to a single middle school, Meyersdale Area Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and is part of the Meyersdale Area School District. This middle school has seen its statewide ranking fluctuate in recent years, ranking 250th out of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2024-2025 with a 4-star rating, but dropping to 270th out of 893 in 2022-2023, also with a 4-star rating.
Academically, Meyersdale Area Middle School has shown mixed results, with stronger performance in English Language Arts (ELA) and Science compared to Mathematics. In 2024-2025, ELA proficiency rates for all grades ranged from 60.1% to 74.5%, outperforming both the district and state averages, while Math proficiency rates were lower, ranging from 35.2% to 44.5%, compared to the district average of 45.4% and the state average of 41.7%. The school's Science proficiency rates were higher than both the district and state averages in 2023-2024.
Despite these academic performance variations, Meyersdale Area Middle School maintains a relatively low dropout rate of 1.4% and a student-teacher ratio of 13.8 for the 2023-2024 school year. However, the school serves a population with a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 51.48% in 2023-2024, indicating a relatively economically disadvantaged student body. Overall, Meyersdale Area Middle School appears to be a reasonably high-performing middle school within its district and the state, with some areas for potential improvement, particularly in mathematics.
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