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How has Boyertown Area MS-East changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
841
Middle
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOYERTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420396006804
Boyertown Area MS-East
2020 Big Rd, Gilbertsville, PA 19525 · (610) 754-9550 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.9:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
229 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 280 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Boyertown Area MS-East→Boyertown Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Boyertown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 55.1% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Boyertown Area MS-East
Boyertown Area MS-East's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyertown Area MS-East this school | 841 | 27.2% | 59.2% |
| West Allegheny Middle School Imperial | 796 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| Canon-McMillan Middle School Canonsburg | 836 | 25.8% | 64.7% |
| Northern Middle School Dillsburg | 757 | 29.1% | 48.9% |
| Norwin Middle School North Huntingdon | 819 | 27.7% | 72.2% |
| Lower Dauphin Middle School Hummelstown | 781 | 32.9% | 48.4% |
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 Boyertown Area MS-East ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #112 of 479 | #16 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #70 of 513 ▲ 2 | #11 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #127 of 513 ▲ 74 | #18 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #99 of 522 | #12 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #326 of 486 | #29 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #313 of 486 | #34 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #430 of 510 | #17 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #226 of 332 | #12 of 21 |
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
841
-70 (-8%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 841 | 60.5 | 13.9:1 | 27% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 840 | 60.5 | 13.9:1 | 27% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 871 | 59.5 | 14.6:1 | 27% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 911 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 22% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 907 | 59.4 | 15.3:1 | 19% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 838 | 58 | 14.4:1 | 17% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 852 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 12% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 6% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 47 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boyertown Area MS-East.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (907 to 841); teachers up 2% (59.4 to 60.5).
About Boyertown Area MS-East
Boyertown Area MS-East is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Pennsylvania, located in Gilbertsville. The school enrolls 841 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students, which makes this school 42% larger than average.
Boyertown Area SD enrolls 6,300 students, and its 9 schools include Boyertown Area MS-East.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. It is also 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 73% White, 10 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at Boyertown Area MS-East are from different groups.
A staff of 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.9:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 0.7 students per teacher. By family income, 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 13 points.
Boyertown Area MS-East earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Boyertown Area MS-East scores 59.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.9%.
Montgomery County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $113,915, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 160 public schools in the county, enrolling about 115,302, Boyertown Area MS-East among them.
Boyertown Area MS-East's closest public school neighbor is Gilbertsville Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Boyertown Area MS-East at 3rd of 8.
NCES assigns Boyertown Area MS-East the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 70 students, from 911 to 841. Students per teacher dropped from 14.9 in 2020-21 to 13.9 in 2024-25.
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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 Boyertown Area SD
- Boyertown Area SHSHigh · 2,052 students
- Boyertown Area MS-WestMiddle · 668 students
- Boyertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
- Gilbertsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Other schools in Gilbertsville
- Gilbertsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
Nearby schools
- Gilbertsville Elementary School1.6 mi · 517
- New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary School1.9 mi · 606
- Boyertown Elementary School2.9 mi · 632
- Boyertown Area SHS2.9 mi · 2,052
- Boyertown Area MS-West2.9 mi · 668
- Colebrookdale Elementary School3.1 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Boyertown Area MS-EastHow many students attend Boyertown Area MS-East?
Boyertown Area MS-East enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 06-08.
Is Boyertown Area MS-East an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boyertown Area MS-East is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boyertown Area MS-East?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boyertown Area MS-East is approximately 13.9:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boyertown Area MS-East?
At Boyertown Area MS-East, the student body is approximately 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Boyertown Area MS-East public or private?
Boyertown Area MS-East is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boyertown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.