East Norriton MS

Set in Norristown, Pennsylvania, East Norriton MS is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school, operated by Norristown Area SD. It caters to 836 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 41% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Across the 12 schools in Norristown Area SD (7,617 students total), East Norriton MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, East Norriton MS lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 30% Black, 17% White, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 102% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, East Norriton MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $113,915, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. East Norriton MS is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stony Creek El Sch, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, East Norriton MS comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. East Norriton MS's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 893 (now 836). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 36% to 44% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for East Norriton MS typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.