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Conrad Weiser MS
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Conrad Weiser MS
As a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, Conrad Weiser MS teaches 761 students from grades 5 through 8, part of Conrad Weiser Area SD. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.
Across the 4 schools in Conrad Weiser Area SD (2,473 students total), Conrad Weiser MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Conrad Weiser MS shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Berks County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, On paper, Conrad Weiser MS has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 43% of students at Conrad Weiser MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Berks County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Conrad Weiser MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 44.0%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Berks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which Conrad Weiser MS is one.
The closest other public school is Conrad Weiser HS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Conrad Weiser MS at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.4%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 780 students in 2018 compared to 761 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 81% to 72%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.
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