Moss Side Ms, Monroeville PA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Moss Side Ms

Moss Side MS was a middle school serving grades six through eight in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as part of Gateway School District. The school is now inactive; it was consolidated into a newly renovated Gateway Middle School that opened in August 2024. Students who would have attended Moss Side now attend the centralized facility at a different location within the district.

The most recent state assessment data available comes from the 2022-23 school year, before the consolidation. On the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, Moss Side's proficiency rates showed uneven strength across subjects. In English language arts, about half the students tested met or exceeded proficiency; in science, performance was similar. Mathematics was notably weaker, with proficiency well below the other two subjects. On an overall proficiency index combining all tested subjects, the school ranked below the midpoint among middle schools in Allegheny County districts, the peer group used for comparison.

Enrollment, demographic composition, free-or-reduced-price-lunch status, special education and English learner populations, chronic absenteeism, and staff information were not available in the data. The school's website was not identified.

Monroeville itself is an established eastern suburb of Pittsburgh, primarily car-dependent and organized around major commercial corridors rather than a walkable center. The housing stock is largely single-family homes built between the 1940s and 1970s, with median home values in the surrounding zip code reflecting a stable, mid-range suburban market. The town serves as a retail and health care hub, with Forbes Hospital and UPMC East anchoring employment alongside retail and office space. Gateway School District has raised property taxes each year from 2023 through 2026, a sustained increase that meaningfully affects household budgets for families in the area. The district operates four elementary schools and one consolidated middle school serving the Monroeville area.

Since Moss Side is no longer operating as a distinct school, prospective families in Gateway SD with students entering grades six through eight will now attend Gateway Middle School at its new location. The consolidation centralizes services and facilities under one roof but represents a permanent change in where middle-grade students are assigned.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-837%

School 37% · District 47% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-855%

School 55% · District 56%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-852%

School 52% · district not reported

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

This schoolGateway SD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income48%Higher-income77%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income70%30 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income66%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income62%24 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income43%Higher-income68%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income71%31 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income49%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income18%Higher-income41%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income17%Higher-income37%21 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income26%Higher-income48%22 pp gap