Boyertown Area MS-East

Boyertown Area MS-East is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, overseen by Boyertown Area SD. The school serves 841 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Boyertown Area MS-East sits 42% larger than that benchmark.

Boyertown Area MS-East is one of 9 schools operated by Boyertown Area SD, a district that works with 6,300 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Boyertown Area MS-East logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

In terms of school funding signals, Boyertown Area MS-East shows 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Boyertown Area MS-East higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at Boyertown Area MS-East qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Boyertown Area MS-East sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.9%; this one delivers 59.2%.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boyertown Area MS-East is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).

The closest other public school is Gilbertsville El Sch, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Boyertown Area MS-East comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boyertown Area MS-East has contracted 7%, going from 907 students in 2018 to 841 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 91% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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