Summary:
There is only one middle school located in the 17057 zip code - Middletown Area Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and is part of the Middletown Area School District. The school has consistently underperformed compared to both district and state averages, ranking in the bottom half of Pennsylvania middle schools over the past few years.
Middletown Area Middle School has a 2-out-of-5 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance. The school lags behind the district and state in academic proficiency for both Math and English Language Arts (ELA) across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's Math proficiency rate was 31.8%, compared to 43.2% for the district and 41.7% for the state. Similarly, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 42.1%, compared to 41.6% for the district and 48.5% for the state. The school's Science proficiency rate for 8th grade in 2023-2024 was also lower than the district and state averages.
The school faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 57.75% in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $19,307, which raises questions about the effective allocation of resources and the need to explore ways to improve educational outcomes. While the school's dropout rate of 1.4% in 2023-2024 is not exceptionally high, it still represents an area for potential improvement in student retention and support.
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