U.S. News and World Report has released its rankings of the top middle schools in the state, and three schools have ranked among the top 30 percent of middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Homer-Center received a rank of 145th in Pennsylvania’s middle school ranking, with an overall score of 83.56 out of 100. The ranking is determined mostly on proficiency scores. For Homer-Center, 62 percent of students scored at or above proficiency levels for math, while 72 percent of students were proficient or better in the reading test. Also taken into consideration for the scoring is graduation and how well they prepare students for high school. The grades taken into consideration for this ranking were 7th and 8th grades only.
Also high in the ranking was Indiana Junior High School, as they had a rank of 104, and scored an 88.24 out of 100. While the math proficiency was lower, at 45 percent, reading proficiency was slightly higher at 74 percent. Both scores were “somewhat above expectations” according to U.S. News and World Report.
The top middle school in the county is Saltsburg Middle School, which stats come from the last year of the school’s existence, as the school was merged with Blairsville middle school as part of the River Valley School District’s redistricting. Their score was 88.58 out of 100, with math proficiency at 57 percent and Reading proficiency at 67 percent.
The other school districts ranked as follows:
Penns Manor-296th
Blairsville-371st
United-484th
Purchase Line-485th
Marion Center Jr./Sr. High—590th
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