📍 502 Penn Street, Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, 18252
Tamaqua Area MS is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County. The school has 433 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tamaqua Area SD school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tamaqua Area MS enrolls 433 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 360 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
266 of the school's 433 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 241 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tamaqua Area MS is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 124.
Tamaqua Area MS is one of 4 schools in Tamaqua Area SD, based in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. The district serves 2,048 students district-wide and employs 131 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 433 students, Tamaqua Area MS is smaller than the district average of about 512 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe