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What's something Cedarbrook MS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 621 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHELTENHAM SD·NCES 420576005250
Cedarbrook Middle School
300 Longfellow Rd, Wyncote, PA 19095 · (215) 881-6427 · Montgomery County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
333 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 7 | 353 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 319 | 47% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Cedarbrook Middle School→Cheltenham High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cheltenham SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 | 49.7% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 34.7% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Cedarbrook Middle School
Cedarbrook Middle School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarbrook Middle School this school | 672 | 49.6% | 43.3% |
| Elkins Park School Elkins Park | 569 | 53.8% | 47.4% |
| Dickson Prep STEAM Academy Swissvale | 579 | 80.3% | 19.9% |
| Chichester Middle School Boothwyn | 873 | 67.5% | 33.6% |
| J T Lambert Intermediate School East Stroudsburg | 907 | 56.1% | 33.7% |
| Camp Curtin Academy Harrisburg | 724 | 64.9% | 6.7% |
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 Cedarbrook Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #311 of 479 | #28 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #246 of 513 ▲ 29 | #27 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #280 of 513 ▲ 79 | #28 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #183 of 522 | #24 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #84 of 486 | #9 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #63 of 486 | #8 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #262 of 510 | #7 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #279 of 332 | #16 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
672
-59 (-8%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 672 | 59.1 | 11.4:1 | 50% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 65.3 | 10.1:1 | 50% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 67.3 | 10.1:1 | 46% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 64 | 11.4:1 | 39% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 65.2 | 10.7:1 | 25% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 64 | 11.2:1 | 32% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 690 | 59 | 11.7:1 | 21% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 830 | 62 | 13.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 54 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedarbrook Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (698 to 672); teachers down 9% (65.2 to 59.1).
About Cedarbrook Middle School
Located in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, Cedarbrook Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. A federal count lists 672 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8.
Cheltenham SD serves 4,140 students across 7 schools.
A majority of students at Cedarbrook Middle School, 55%, are Black. The next largest groups are 22% White, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. The school's Black share is 46 points above the 9% share among Montgomery County residents. By the diversity index, Cedarbrook Middle School comes in at 63%.
The school has about 11.4 students per teacher and 59.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, higher than at this school. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
Cedarbrook Middle School scores 43.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.4%.
Within Montgomery County, median household income is about $113,915, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 160 public schools in Montgomery County, with a combined enrollment of about 115,302.
The closest public school, Cheltenham High School, is about 0.6 miles from Cedarbrook Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cedarbrook Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Cedarbrook Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 731 in 2020-21 and 672 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Discussions about Cedarbrook Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Cheltenham SD
- Cheltenham High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Elkins Park SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Cheltenham Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Wyncote Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Glenside Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Other schools in Wyncote
- Cheltenham High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Wyncote Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Cheltenham High School0.6 mi · 1,450
- Wyncote Elementary School0.7 mi · 373
- Franklin S Edmonds School0.8 mi · 391
- McCloskey John F School0.9 mi · 228
- Samuel Pennypacker School1.0 mi · 328
- Hill Freedman World Academy1.1 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Cedarbrook Middle SchoolHow large is Cedarbrook Middle School?
Cedarbrook Middle School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 07-08.
Is Cedarbrook Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cedarbrook Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Cedarbrook Middle School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Cedarbrook Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedarbrook Middle School?
At Cedarbrook Middle School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 9% Hispanic, 55% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cedarbrook Middle School public or private?
Cedarbrook Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cheltenham SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.