Summary:
The 15963 zip code in Pennsylvania is home to a single middle school, Windber Area Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and is part of the Windber Area School District. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with a 4-star rating in 2022-2023 that dropped to a 3-star rating in 2024-2025, ranking it 282 out of 873 middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Academically, Windber Area Middle School has mixed results, with math proficiency rates ranging from 30.3% to 47.2% and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates ranging from 47% to 58.4%, generally lower than the district and state averages. However, the school excels in 8th grade science proficiency, with a rate of 68.6% that exceeds the district and state averages. The school's dropout rate is relatively low at 1.4% for the 2023-2024 school year.
Windber Area Middle School faces significant demographic challenges, with 98.96% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. The school's per-student spending of $14,832 for the 2022-2023 school year and a low student-teacher ratio of 14.8 suggest that the district is allocating substantial resources to support the school. However, the fluctuating performance and the need to address the economic challenges of the student population may be areas of focus for the school and district moving forward.
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