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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Charles H Boehm MS this year?
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Enrollment
651
Middle
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSBURY SD·NCES 421884009959
Charles H Boehm Middle School
866 Big Oak Rd, Yardley, PA 19067 · (215) 428-4220 · Bucks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
211 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 195 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 36% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Charles H Boehm Middle School→Pennsbury High School
Based on grade levels within Pennsbury SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 49.6% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Charles H Boehm Middle School
Charles H Boehm Middle School's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles H Boehm Middle School this school | 651 | 32.4% | 59.6% |
| Palmyra Area Middle School Palmyra | 820 | 30.2% | 64.5% |
| Pennwood Middle School Yardley | 740 | 30.9% | 55.7% |
| Moon Area Upper Middle School Moon Township | 621 | 27.4% | 63.5% |
| Nazareth Area Intermediate School Nazareth | 752 | 29.5% | 61.0% |
| Sandburg Middle School Levittown | 729 | 36.6% | 43.4% |
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 Charles H Boehm Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #105 of 479 | #9 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #97 of 513 ▲ 14 | #7 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #117 of 513 ▼ 9 | #8 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #201 of 522 | #16 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #17 of 486 | #3 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #171 of 486 | #6 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #394 of 510 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #213 of 332 | #16 of 22 |
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
651
-62 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 651 | 67.6 | 9.6:1 | 32% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 71.3 | 9.6:1 | 31% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 67.2 | 10.7:1 | 29% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 65 | 11.0:1 | 27% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 61.2 | 11.6:1 | 23% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 67 | 10.8:1 | 20% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 59 | 13.1:1 | 16% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 51 | 14.3:1 | 12% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 53 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles H Boehm Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (709 to 651); teachers up 10% (61.2 to 67.6).
About Charles H Boehm Middle School
Charles H Boehm Middle School is a middle-grades school in Yardley, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. Enrollment stands at 651 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Pennsbury SD is the local district for Charles H Boehm Middle School. It runs 14 schools with 9,435 students.
The student body at Charles H Boehm Middle School is 70% White. It is also 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. Bucks County's residents are about 81% White, 11 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Charles H Boehm Middle School comes to 67.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.6:1. The school's 9.6:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. On the income side, 32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 40% average among public schools in Bucks County.
On the allk12 Grade, Charles H Boehm Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
The model predicts 63.7% for a school in Pennsylvania with Charles H Boehm Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Charles H Boehm Middle School posts 59.6%.
In Bucks County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $114,764 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Bucks County number 123, with about 81,956 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Charles H Boehm Middle School from the closest public school, William Penn Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Charles H Boehm Middle School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 62 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.0:1 to 9.6:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for Charles H Boehm Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pennsbury SD
- Pennsbury High SchoolHigh · 2,847 students
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in Yardley
- William Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Pennwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Afton Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Quarry Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Makefield Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
Nearby schools
- William Penn Middle School0.2 mi · 904
- Pennwood Middle School0.3 mi · 740
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School0.6 mi · 583
- Makefield Elementary School1.0 mi · 397
- Edgewood Elementary School1.3 mi · 557
- Fallsington Elementary School1.5 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Charles H Boehm Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Charles H Boehm Middle School?
Charles H Boehm Middle School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 06-08.
Is Charles H Boehm Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles H Boehm Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Charles H Boehm Middle School have?
Charles H Boehm Middle School employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
How diverse is Charles H Boehm Middle School?
Charles H Boehm Middle School reports a student body of 70% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles H Boehm Middle School?
Charles H Boehm Middle School is overseen by Pennsbury SD in Bucks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.