Mount Nittany Middle School

Mount Nittany Middle School is a middle school located in State College, Pennsylvania. It is one of two middle schools located in State College, the other being Park Forest Middle School, their cross-city opponents and long-standing rivals. Both of these middle schools feed into State College Area High School.

Mount Nittany has not been to a national competition (though their predecessor school had qualified for nationals several times), and does not currently attend any invitationals. They currently compete in the Northeast Pennsylvania region, though they competed in Northwest Pennsylvania from 2009-2011.

Results Table

 * +Team began competing in Northeast Pennsylvania this year.

State College Junior High School
Prior to 2000, there was one middle school in State College called State College Middle School (or State College Junior High). Their Science Olympiad team did very well, winning first place at the state tournament from 1994 to 1999 and constantly placing in the top 3 at nationals. Their coach is a current science teacher at Mount Nittany.

This success peaked in 1994 and 1995, when they were national champions. To this day, they are the only national champions Pennsylvania has had in Division B.

School Split
When State College Middle School split into two schools, the old building was turned into Park Forest Middle School and a new building was built for Mount Nittany. A new Science Olympiad team eventually started up again under a different coach. Even though it has not reached the level of national prominence that the old school had, it is becoming a force in the state of Pennsylvania, reaching a place of 6th at states in 2011.

Etymology
Mount Nittany Middle School is named after the nearby mountain, Mount Nittany.

2010 Event Placings
This table shows events in which we placed 5th or higher at regionals or states in 2010.

2011 Event Placings
This table shows events in which we medaled in at regionals or states in 2011.