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What's the most underrated thing about Boyertown Area MS-West that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
668
Middle
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOYERTOWN AREA SD·NCES 420396006305
Boyertown Area MS-West
380 S Madison St, Boyertown, PA 19512 · (610) 369-7471 · Berks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
266 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 | 197 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 226 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 245 | 37% |
Student demographics
27%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-West→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
56.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.1% | 42.7% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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-West
Boyertown Area MS-West's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyertown Area MS-West this school | 668 | 39.8% | 51.6% |
| Greencastle-Antrim Middle School Greencastle | 729 | 37.0% | 56.5% |
| Spring Grove Area Middle School Spring Grove | 650 | 40.8% | 47.3% |
| Upper Perkiomen Middle School Pennsburg | 672 | 35.0% | 52.8% |
| Warwick Middle School Lititz | 568 | 36.8% | 53.6% |
| Dallas Middle School Dallas | 589 | 36.2% | 52.9% |
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-West ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #189 of 479 | #6 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #147 of 513 ▲ 34 | #4 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #200 of 513 ▲ 79 | #4 of 26 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #187 of 522 | #12 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #155 of 486 | #7 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #340 of 486 | #19 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #339 of 510 | #18 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #86 of 332 | #4 of 15 |
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
668
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 668 | 55.6 | 12.0:1 | 40% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 55.6 | 12.6:1 | 38% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 56.8 | 12.7:1 | 35% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 57 | 12.2:1 | 32% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 61.7 | 12.9:1 | 35% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 811 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 30% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 20% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 873 | 53 | 16.5:1 | 8% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 33 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boyertown Area MS-West.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (798 to 668); teachers down 10% (61.7 to 55.6).
About Boyertown Area MS-West
Boyertown Area MS-West is one of the public schools in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. It is a medium-sized middle school. The school enrolls 668 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Boyertown Area SD has 9 schools and 6,300 students, and Boyertown Area MS-West is one of those schools.
At Boyertown Area MS-West, White students make up 85% of the student body. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 70%. Boyertown Area MS-West has a diversity index of 27%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 12.0:1 comes from the school's 55.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 40% in 2024-25. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Berks County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Boyertown Area MS-West a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Boyertown Area MS-West sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.6% and a predicted 60.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Berks County, median household income is about $79,777, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 95 public schools operate in Berks County, serving about 62,375 students.
Boyertown Elementary School is the public school closest to Boyertown Area MS-West, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Boyertown Area MS-West places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Boyertown Area MS-West falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 668, 4% below the 693 of 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Boyertown Area MS-West. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boyertown Area SD
- Boyertown Area SHSHigh · 2,052 students
- Boyertown Area MS-EastMiddle · 841 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 Boyertown
- Boyertown Area SHSHigh · 2,052 students
- Boyertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Earl Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Colebrookdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Boyertown Elementary School0.1 mi · 632
- Boyertown Area SHS0.6 mi · 2,052
- Colebrookdale Elementary School1.1 mi · 234
- Gilbertsville Elementary School1.3 mi · 517
- Boyertown Area MS-East2.9 mi · 841
- Pottsgrove Middle School3.6 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Boyertown Area MS-WestHow many students attend Boyertown Area MS-West?
Boyertown Area MS-West enrolls approximately 668 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Boyertown Area MS-West serve?
Boyertown Area MS-West serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Boyertown Area MS-West have?
Boyertown Area MS-West employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boyertown Area MS-West?
At Boyertown Area MS-West, the student body is approximately 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Boyertown Area MS-West public or private?
Boyertown Area MS-West 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.