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Penn Middle School

Grades: 6-8

Students: 498

Type: Public

7/10

GreatSchools Rating

Student-Teacher Ratio: 16:1

Student-Counselor Ratio: 518:1

Certified Teachers: 100%

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Penn-Trafford School District

1007 Penn Middle Way
Jeannette, PA 15644

(724) 744-4431

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Additional GreatSchools Ratings

10/10

Test Scores

6/10

Equity

Academic Progress

College Readiness

4/10

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This school is like a group project where everyone messes around and somehow you still get blamed. The Wi-Fi doesn’t work, the chairs squeak like horror movie sound effects, and the cafeteria food tastes like it gave up halfway through being food.

Posted by a student on 11/18/2025

Terrible new principal, Mr Sullivan does nothing and would rather not deal with anything, terrible environment, horrible people, racism, no diverse straight white, wealthy/rich ,a very small portion of the students are poor, some of the teachers are nice some are very mean, the only accurate review

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Posted by a community member on 11/7/2025

Rampant bullying, staff and administration complicit, multiple kids leave every year due to bullying. No support academically, terrible structure and learning environment. terrible school

Posted by a parent on 7/1/2025

Deserves a 5 star rating! LOVE Penn Middle. Students are kind. Many opportunities for learning inside and outside the classrooms. Monthly clubs offer very nice variety. The Principal is the best. He really cares about the students while commanding respect. The teachers are top notch. Not one bad thi

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Posted by a parent on 4/21/2015

Penn Middle school is a wonderful learning environment for students. Mr. Simpson does a fantastic job with a balance between fun and structure and discipline. He is so dedicated that he once called called me in a Sunday afternoon to discuss an issue my daughter was having. That to me shows dedicatio

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Posted by a parent on 8/16/2014

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Jeannette schools - Penn Middle School is located at 1007 Penn Middle Way, Jeannette PA 15644. Penn Middle School is in the Penn-Trafford School District. Penn Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6-8.