Linton Middle School
250 Aster St
Pittsburgh PA, 15235, Allegheny County
Phone: 412-795-3000
Ranking: (2,022 out of 2,311, bottom 13%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Penn Hills School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 87 | 98 | 99 | 112 | 132 | 131 | 271 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,202 | 1,261 | 1,293 | 1,333 | 1,467 | 1,582 | 1,671 | |||||||
Grade 5: | 269 | 22.4% | 291 | 23.1% | 289 | 22.4% | 296 | 22.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Grade 6: | 297 | 24.7% | 302 | 23.9% | 301 | 23.3% | 350 | 26.3% | 374 | 25.5% | 378 | 23.9% | 386 | 23.1% |
Grade 7: | 310 | 25.8% | 311 | 24.7% | 361 | 27.9% | 344 | 25.8% | 342 | 23.3% | 367 | 23.2% | 411 | 24.6% |
Grade 8: | 326 | 27.1% | 357 | 28.3% | 342 | 26.5% | 336 | 25.2% | 346 | 23.6% | 389 | 24.6% | 453 | 27.1% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 630 | 52.4% | 678 | 53.8% | 694 | 53.7% | 719 | 53.9% | 770 | 52.5% | 813 | 51.4% | 871 | 52.1% |
Female: | 572 | 47.6% | 583 | 46.2% | 599 | 46.3% | 614 | 46.1% | 672 | 45.8% | 750 | 47.4% | 789 | 47.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 14 | 1.2% | 13 | 1.0% | 14 | 1.1% | 14 | 1.1% | 14 | 1.0% | 12 | 0.8% | 11 | 0.7% |
Hispanic: | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.4% |
Black: | 759 | 63.1% | 809 | 64.2% | 798 | 61.7% | 839 | 62.9% | 885 | 60.3% | 950 | 60.1% | 983 | 58.8% |
White: | 385 | 32.0% | 399 | 31.6% | 452 | 35.0% | 460 | 34.5% | 551 | 37.6% | 604 | 38.2% | 663 | 39.7% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 35 | 2.9% | 29 | 2.3% | 22 | 1.7% | 17 | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 657 | 54.7% | 688 | 54.6% | 675 | 52.2% | 633 | 47.5% | 601 | 41.0% | 619 | 39.1% | 582 | 34.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 127 | 10.6% | 150 | 11.9% | 145 | 11.2% | 178 | 13.4% | 178 | 12.1% | 169 | 10.7% | 182 | 10.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.82 | 12.87 | 13.06 | 11.96 | 11.16 | 12.10 | 6.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67% | 65.1% | 76.3% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 67.7% | 73.3% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 49.4% | 67.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 39% | 38.7% | 65% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 47.1% | 67.1% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 47.9% | 64.2% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 51.4% | 68% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 49.4% | 69.6% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 44.5% | 72.3% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 54.2% | 75.7% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 65.7% | 78% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 64.2% | 78.8% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 68% | 77.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 50.5% | 65.9% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 40.9% | 63.5% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 44% | 43.7% | 66.9% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 57.9% | 67.6% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 51.9% | 68.8% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 49.7% | 69.9% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 45.4% | 68.5% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 51% | 49.9% | 66.5% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 52% | 51.2% | 67.2% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 48.5% | 70.6% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 62.1% | 75.3% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 63.6% | 77.9% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 67.1% | 78.6% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 67% | 80.1% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 46% | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 44.7% | 66.8% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 53.2% | 70% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 53.4% | 71.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 63.7% | 73.5% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 59.6% | 76% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55% | 54.4% | 76% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 38% | 38% | 51.3% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 45.5% | 57.9% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 43.8% | 62.9% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 44.1% | 62.2% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 50.4% | 67.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 54.4% | 70.4% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 54.5% | 71.3% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 71.3% | 75.2% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 71.7% | 76.9% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 70.3% | 76.4% |
2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 59.6% | 63.4% |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 63% | 68.9% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 48.2% | 64.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 58.6% | 70.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 58.1% | 75% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 65.9% | 78.3% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 71.8% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 74.1% | 81.9% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 69.3% | 81.8% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 63.4% | 79.8% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 34.3% | 52.7% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 32.8% | 54.8% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 35.7% | 57.2% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 45% | 58.3% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.3% | 36.2% | 59.7% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 36.6% | 66.1% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.5% | 35.4% | 71.8% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 45.7% | 69.1% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 48.9% | 71.2% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 59.3% | 75.2% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 53.3% | 73.1% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 39.4% | 72.7% |
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* Linton Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.