Bala-Cynwyd MS

Set in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Bala-Cynwyd MS is an average-sized junior high, operated by Lower Merion SD. It serves 794 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Lower Merion SD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 8,533 students; Bala-Cynwyd MS is among them.

On demographics, Bala-Cynwyd MS reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the resource side, On paper, Bala-Cynwyd MS has 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Bala-Cynwyd MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at Bala-Cynwyd MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bala-Cynwyd MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.1%; this one delivers 80.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Bala-Cynwyd MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cynwyd Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bala-Cynwyd MS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 71.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 1,011 students in 2018 compared to 794 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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