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Boyertown El Sch
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Boyertown El Sch
Located at 641 E Second St, in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, Boyertown El Sch is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that hosts 632 students (grades K through 5), operated by Boyertown Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Boyertown El Sch sits 43% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 9 schools in Boyertown Area SD (6,300 students total), Boyertown El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Boyertown El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Berks County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Boyertown El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 57.2%, a residual of -4.7 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Berks County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,777, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which Boyertown El Sch is one.
Nearest neighbor: Boyertown Area MS-West, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Boyertown El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Boyertown El Sch at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Boyertown El Sch's enrollment has increased 40% since 2018, when it stood at 451 (now 632). Over the same period, the White share fell from 88% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.
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