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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT VALLEY SD·NCES 421087001422
Great Valley Middle School
255 North Phoenixville Pike, Malvern, PA 19355 · (610) 644-6440 · Chester County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.5:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
242 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 400 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 354 | 47% |
Student demographics
64%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
Great Valley Middle School→Great Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Great Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.1% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 55.1% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Great Valley Middle School
Great Valley Middle School's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Valley Middle School this school | 754 | 32.1% | 66.9% |
| Eagle View Middle School Mechanicsburg | 1,111 | 28.8% | 68.7% |
| Pennbrook Middle School North Wales | 767 | 22.6% | 64.6% |
| Pennfield Middle School Hatfield | 865 | 40.8% | 56.0% |
| Mountain View Middle School Mechanicsburg | 1,403 | 28.3% | 68.5% |
| Murray Avenue School Huntingdon Valley | 652 | 19.2% | 74.0% |
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 Great Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Chester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #54 of 479 | #4 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #64 of 513 ▲ 9 | #5 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #62 of 513 ▲ 6 | #5 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #142 of 522 | #15 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #199 of 486 | #12 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #56 of 486 | #4 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.1% | #399 of 510 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #34 of 332 | #1 of 11 |
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
754
-354 (-32%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 754 | 60.3 | 12.5:1 | 32% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 1,120 | 84.3 | 13.3:1 | 22% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 1,066 | 79.8 | 13.4:1 | 20% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 1,108 | 72 | 15.4:1 | 16% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 1,004 | 74.8 | 13.4:1 | 15% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 980 | 74 | 13.2:1 | 12% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 993 | 72 | 13.8:1 | 8% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 840 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 7% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 45 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,004 to 754); teachers down 19% (74.8 to 60.3).
About Great Valley Middle School
Great Valley Middle School sits in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and is classified as a middle-grades school. Enrolled students number 754 students, in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 594.
The 7 schools in Great Valley SD enroll 4,822 students altogether, Great Valley Middle School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Great Valley Middle School is 52% White. After that, the student body is 27% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Chester County is about 77% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Great Valley Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Teacher staffing is 60.3 full-time equivalents, or about 12.5 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. About 32% of students, or 242, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Great Valley Middle School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Great Valley Middle School would score about 63.9%. It scores 66.9%, 3.1 points above that figure.
Across Chester County, median household income is about $127,208, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Great Valley Middle School is among the 111 public schools in Chester County.
The closest other public school is Great Valley High School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Great Valley Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 1,108 to 754 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.4:1 to 12.5:1.
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Chester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,840
Census ACS
Median income
$127,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
83,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Great Valley SD
- Great Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,481 students
- Great Valley 5/6 CenterMiddle · 756 students
- General Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Sugartown Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Charlestown Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in Malvern
- Great Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,481 students
- Great Valley 5/6 CenterMiddle · 756 students
- General Wayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Sugartown Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Charlestown Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Great Valley High School0.2 mi · 1,481
- Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School1.1 mi · 426
- Great Valley 5/6 Center1.2 mi · 756
- Charlestown Elementary School1.8 mi · 414
- Sugartown Elementary School3.7 mi · 449
- Exton Elementary School3.9 mi · 533
Frequently asked questions
About Great Valley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Great Valley Middle School?
Great Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Great Valley Middle School serve?
Great Valley Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Great Valley Middle School have?
Great Valley Middle School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Great Valley Middle School?
Student demographics at Great Valley Middle School are roughly 52% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 27% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Great Valley Middle School in?
Great Valley Middle School is part of Great Valley SD.
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