Middle · Pennsylvania

River Valley MS

Free meals for all

River Valley MS, a public middle school in Blairsville, Pennsylvania: grades 6–8, 332 students, 14.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of River Valley 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
332
Teachers (FTE)
23.2
Students per teacher
14.3
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 12.8 · 521 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 560 · 521 schools compared

Smaller than 72% 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%

45%proficient

−1.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 65% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 51% · 521 middle schools compared

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

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

36%proficient

+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Pennsylvania

Median 37% · 521 middle schools compared

308 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
Rural area near a city

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

Location

Address
104 School Lane, Blairsville, PA 15717
Phone
(724)459-8880

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Derry Area MSFree meals for all
6–844011.860%38%
6–862814.359%52%
6–826812.062%31%
Greater Latrobe JHSFree meals for all
7–849911.169%52%
Apollo-Ridge MSFree meals for all
6–826414.051%24%
Greater Johnstown MSFree meals for all
5–761511.816%6.2%

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 420375007705