Middle · Pennsylvania

Harrison-Morton MS

Free meals for all

Harrison-Morton MS, a public middle school in Allentown, Pennsylvania: grades 6–8, 704 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Allentown City SD.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
704
Teachers (FTE)
52.0
Students per teacher
13.5
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 12.8 · 521 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 68% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 560 · 521 schools compared

Larger than 69% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Pennsylvania: 49%

15%proficient

−5.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 97% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 51% · 521 middle schools compared

567 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

7.5%proficient

+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 93% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 37% · 521 middle schools compared

562 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Allentown City SD.

Location

Address
137 N 2nd St, Allentown, PA 18101
Phone
(484)765-5701
City or town
Allentown

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Trexler MSFree meals for all
6–877114.014%3.6%
Francis D Raub MSFree meals for all
6–887614.813%5.8%
South Mountain MSFree meals for all
6–897213.719%11%
Arts Academy CSCharterFree meals for all
5–829611.631%4.9%
Whitehall-Coplay MSFree meals for all
6–897515.147%32%
Catasauqua MSFree meals for all
5–847714.937%29%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 420228002791