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Harrison-Morton Middle School
137 North 2nd St
Allentown PA, 18101, Lehigh County
Phone: 484-765-5701
Ranking:
(2,084 out of 2,311, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Allentown City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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: | 51 | 54 | 27 | 66 | 62 | 65 | 46 | |||||||
Total Students: | 838 | 873 | 898 | 889 | 833 | 763 | 749 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 289 | 34.5% | 285 | 32.6% | 310 | 34.5% | 319 | 35.9% | 301 | 36.1% | 275 | 36.0% | 227 | 30.3% |
Grade 7: | 283 | 33.8% | 287 | 32.9% | 303 | 33.7% | 303 | 34.1% | 269 | 32.3% | 245 | 32.1% | 241 | 32.2% |
Grade 8: | 266 | 31.7% | 301 | 34.5% | 285 | 31.7% | 267 | 30.0% | 263 | 31.6% | 243 | 31.8% | 281 | 37.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 445 | 53.1% | 445 | 51.0% | 461 | 51.3% | 454 | 51.1% | 420 | 50.4% | 374 | 49.0% | 370 | 49.4% |
Female: | 393 | 46.9% | 428 | 49.0% | 437 | 48.7% | 435 | 48.9% | 405 | 48.6% | 381 | 49.9% | 375 | 50.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 5 | 0.6% | 6 | 0.7% | 13 | 1.4% | 13 | 1.5% | 14 | 1.7% | 10 | 1.3% | 10 | 1.3% |
Hispanic: | 572 | 68.3% | 596 | 68.3% | 593 | 66.0% | 593 | 66.7% | 539 | 64.7% | 473 | 62.0% | 461 | 61.5% |
Black: | 123 | 14.7% | 112 | 12.8% | 142 | 15.8% | 146 | 16.4% | 146 | 17.5% | 135 | 17.7% | 110 | 14.7% |
White: | 133 | 15.9% | 155 | 17.8% | 145 | 16.1% | 136 | 15.3% | 133 | 16.0% | 145 | 19.0% | 167 | 22.3% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 5 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 710 | 84.7% | 727 | 83.3% | 715 | 79.6% | 728 | 81.9% | 590 | 70.8% | 619 | 81.1% | 569 | 76.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 68 | 8.1% | 69 | 7.9% | 65 | 7.2% | 100 | 11.2% | 77 | 9.2% | 80 | 10.5% | 100 | 13.4% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.43 | 16.32 | 33.26 | 13.45 | 13.52 | 11.80 | 16.10 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PSSA | ||||||
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 48.7% | 68% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 56.6% | 69.6% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 57% | 72.3% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 50.6% | 75.7% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 56.3% | 78% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 57% | 78.8% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 59.8% | 77.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 36% | 65.9% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 37.5% | 63.5% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 37.6% | 66.9% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 34.9% | 67.6% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 38.2% | 68.8% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 32.7% | 35.8% | 69.9% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 37.9% | 68.5% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 51% | 66.5% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 45.9% | 67.2% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 45.1% | 70.6% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 54.7% | 75.3% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 51.4% | 77.9% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 57.6% | 78.6% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 47% | 80.1% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 37.7% | 68.1% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 39% | 66.8% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 45.8% | 70% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 42.6% | 71.4% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 42.5% | 73.5% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.7% | 47% | 76% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 44.8% | 76% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 24.2% | 27.3% | 51.3% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 35.1% | 57.9% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 42.8% | 62.9% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 45.7% | 62.2% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 49.9% | 67.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 51.8% | 70.4% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 47.5% | 71.3% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 50.3% | 75.2% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 46.2% | 76.9% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 46% | 76.4% |
2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 39.4% | 63.4% |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 45.3% | 68.9% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 34.6% | 64.1% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 42.4% | 70.6% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 51.8% | 75% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 52.2% | 78.3% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 54.3% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 58.4% | 81.9% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 50.1% | 81.8% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 52.1% | 79.8% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.5% | 18.7% | 52.7% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 21% | 21.5% | 54.8% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.9% | 22% | 57.2% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 21.5% | 17.7% | 58.3% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 22.3% | 59.7% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 58.3% | 66.1% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 61.5% | 71.8% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 43.7% | 69.1% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 49.2% | 71.2% |
2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 49.5% | 75.2% |
2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 48% | 73.1% |
2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 44% | 44.2% | 72.7% |
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* Harrison-Morton Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.