Middle · Pennsylvania
Union Area MS
Free meals for allUnion Area MS, a public middle school in New Castle, Pennsylvania: grades 6–8, 174 students, 14.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Union Area 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
- 174
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.7
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.8 · 521 schools compared
More students per teacher than 53% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 560 · 521 schools compared
Smaller than 88% 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%50%proficient
−9.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 51% · 521 middle schools compared
162 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%27%proficient
−10.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 71% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 37% · 521 middle schools compared
162 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
- Town near a city
- Run by
- Union Area SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Union Area SD.
Location
- Address
- 2106 Camden Ave, New Castle, PA 16101
- Phone
- (724)658-4501
- City or town
- Oakwood
- County
- Lawrence County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 689 | 16.4 | |
| 6–8 | 329 | 15.1 | |
| 7–8 | 160 | 24.4 | |
Wilmington Area Upper El SchFree meals for all | 5–6 | 142 | 12.2 |
| 5–8 | 268 | 14.1 | |
Hartman Intrmd SchFree meals for all | 5–6 | 225 | 14.0 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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