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Enrollment
761
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONRAD WEISER AREA SD·NCES 420678000537
Conrad Weiser Middle School
347 East Penn Avenue, Robesonia, PA 19551 · (610) 693-8542 · Berks County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test 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
12.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
326 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 5 | 208 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 193 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 203 | 27% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Conrad Weiser Middle School→Conrad Weiser High School
Based on grade levels within Conrad Weiser Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 35.7% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Conrad Weiser Middle School
Conrad Weiser Middle School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Weiser Middle School this school | 761 | 42.8% | 44.0% |
| Exeter Twp Junior High School Reading | 618 | 43.2% | 47.3% |
| Fleetwood Middle School Fleetwood | 659 | 38.4% | 45.9% |
| Schuylkill Valley Middle School Leesport | 691 | 38.6% | 43.5% |
| York Suburban Middle School York | 743 | 44.5% | 56.5% |
| Red Lion Area Junior High School Red Lion | 747 | 45.6% | 43.5% |
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 Conrad Weiser Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #298 of 479 | #13 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #211 of 513 ▲ 52 | #8 of 26 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #356 of 513 ▼ 26 | #17 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #133 of 522 | #9 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #246 of 486 | #14 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #197 of 486 | #11 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #323 of 510 | #17 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #296 of 332 | #13 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
761
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 902
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 761 | 59 | 12.9:1 | 43% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 60.1 | 12.2:1 | 45% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 59.6 | 12.0:1 | 42% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 37% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 35% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 30% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 890 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 27% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 902 | 56 | 16.1:1 | 12% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conrad Weiser Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (780 to 761); teachers up 5% (56 to 59).
About Conrad Weiser Middle School
Conrad Weiser Middle School is a medium-sized middle school with an address in Robesonia, Pennsylvania. The grade span is 5 through 8, and enrollment is 761 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Pennsylvania) has about 594 students.
Conrad Weiser Middle School sits within Conrad Weiser Area SD, which has 4 schools and 2,473 students.
White students account for 72% of enrollment at Conrad Weiser Middle School. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Berks County is about 70% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Conrad Weiser Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
Teacher staffing is 59 full-time equivalents, or about 12.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. About 43% of students, or 326, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Berks County is 67%.
The allk12 Grade for Conrad Weiser Middle School is C. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.2% at Conrad Weiser Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.0%.
Across Berks County, median household income is about $79,777, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Conrad Weiser Middle School is among the 95 public schools in Berks County.
Conrad Weiser High School is located about 0.3 miles from Conrad Weiser Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The school's 44.0% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 800 to 761. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 12.9:1.
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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 Conrad Weiser Area SD
- Conrad Weiser High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Conrad Weiser East Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Conrad Weiser West Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Conrad Weiser High School0.3 mi · 848
- Conrad Weiser East Elementary School3.0 mi · 449
- Conrad Weiser West Elementary School3.6 mi · 415
- Wilson West Middle School4.1 mi · 780
- Green Valley Elementary School4.3 mi · 505
- Fort Zeller Elementary School5.8 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Conrad Weiser Middle SchoolHow many students attend Conrad Weiser Middle School?
Conrad Weiser Middle School enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Conrad Weiser Middle School serve?
Conrad Weiser Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Conrad Weiser Middle School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Conrad Weiser Middle School.
How diverse is Conrad Weiser Middle School?
Conrad Weiser Middle School reports a student body of 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Conrad Weiser Middle School?
Conrad Weiser Middle School is overseen by Conrad Weiser Area SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.