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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Abington MS this year?
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Enrollment
2,044
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON SD·NCES 420204003242
Abington Middle School
2056 Susquehanna St, Abington, PA 19001 · (215) 884-4700 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,044 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
140 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
690 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 665 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 648 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 731 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Abington Middle School→Abington SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Abington SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 47.7% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abington Middle School
Abington Middle School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Middle School this school | 2,044 | 33.8% | 53.3% |
| Colonial Middle School Plymouth Meeting | 1,268 | 26.3% | 65.5% |
| Dallastown Area Intermediate School York | 1,519 | 38.2% | 59.6% |
| Mechanicsburg Middle School Mechanicsburg | 1,112 | 39.7% | 50.5% |
| Maple Point Middle School Langhorne | 1,296 | 32.6% | 45.4% |
| Richardson Middle School Springfield | 1,081 | 24.6% | 71.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abington Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #172 of 479 | #22 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #112 of 513 ▲ 21 | #17 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #231 of 513 ▲ 4 | #25 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,044 | #1 of 522 | #1 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #380 of 486 | #32 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #50 of 486 | #7 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #384 of 510 | #15 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #79 of 131 | #8 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,044
+7 (+0%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,289
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,044 | 139.7 | 14.6:1 | 34% (690) |
| 2023-24 | 2,044 | 139.4 | 14.7:1 | 34% (690) |
| 2022-23 | 2,048 | 144.8 | 14.2:1 | 31% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 2,037 | 131 | 15.6:1 | 23% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 1,928 | 125.9 | 15.3:1 | 23% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 1,790 | 124 | 14.4:1 | 20% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 1,700 | 126 | 13.5:1 | 18% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 1,935 | 119 | 16.3:1 | 8% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 1,289 | 84 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abington Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,928 to 2,044); teachers up 11% (125.9 to 139.7).
About Abington Middle School
Students in Abington, Pennsylvania, attend Abington Middle School, a large middle school. Enrolled students number 2,044 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students each.
Abington SD (9 schools, 8,400 students) runs Abington Middle School.
A majority of students at Abington Middle School, 55%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 73%. Abington Middle School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 139.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 34% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Abington Middle School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Abington Middle School scores 53.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.1%.
Within Montgomery County, median household income is about $113,915, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 160 public schools in Montgomery County, with a combined enrollment of about 115,302.
The closest public school, Abington SHS, is about 0.3 miles from Abington Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Abington Middle School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Abington Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Abington Middle School had 2,037 students in 2020-21 and 2,044 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Discussions about Abington Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Abington SD
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Copper Beech SchoolElementary · 860 students
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Rydal Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Highland SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Overlook SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in Abington
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Highland SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Overlook SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other Abington Middle schools
One other US public school is named Abington Middle. Abington Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Abington Middle SchoolAbington, MA · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Abington SHS0.3 mi · 2,692
- Copper Beech School0.5 mi · 860
- Highland School0.6 mi · 452
- Roslyn School0.9 mi · 400
- Jenkintown Elementary School1.4 mi · 401
- Jenkintown Middle/High School1.4 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Abington Middle SchoolHow many students attend Abington Middle School?
Abington Middle School enrolls approximately 2,044 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Abington Middle School serve?
Abington Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Abington Middle School have?
Abington Middle School employs 140 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Abington Middle School?
Student demographics at Abington Middle School are roughly 55% White, 10% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Abington Middle School public or private?
Abington Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Abington SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.