Middle · Pennsylvania
Valley View MS
Valley View MS, a public middle school in Archbald, Pennsylvania: grades 6–8, 565 students, 13.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Valley View 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
- 565
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.7
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 54% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 12.8 · 521 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 51% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 560 · 521 schools compared
Larger than 54% 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%51%proficient
−2.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 50% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 51% · 521 middle schools compared
535 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%23%proficient
−1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 76% of middle schools in Pennsylvania
Median 37% · 521 middle schools compared
535 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
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Valley View SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Valley View SD.
Location
- Address
- 1 Columbus Dr, Archbald, PA 18403
- Phone
- (570)876-6461
- City or town
- Archbald
- County
- Lackawanna 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 | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northeast Intrmd SchFree meals for all | 5–8 | 894 | 10.9 | 19% | 7.4% |
| 6–8 | 367 | 9.6 | 43% | 33% | |
South Scranton Intrmd SchFree meals for all | 5–8 | 798 | 12.0 | 18% | 8.0% |
West Scranton Intrmd SchFree meals for all | 5–8 | 820 | 11.9 | 35% | 16% |
| 5–8 | 1,073 | 15.4 | 61% | 51% | |
| 6–8 | 685 | 13.1 | 64% | 42% |
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
- 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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