Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

California Area Middle School, Coal Center, PA

California Area Middle School is a public middle school in Coal Center, part of California Area SD. It enrolled 158 students in 2024-25, with 17.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "California Area MS".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 158
Teachers (FTE): 9.0
Students per teacher: 17.6
Grades: 7 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.5 higher than the district figure of 15.1. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.6

District15.1

Pennsylvania13.5

United States15.3

School details

Address: 11 Trojan Way, Coal Center, PA 15423
Phone: (724)785-5800
District: California Area SD
County: Washington County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 420471006939

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 147
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 14793.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.