Great Valley MS

Located at 255 North Phoenixville Pike, in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Great Valley MS is a reasonably sized junior high that enrolls 754 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Great Valley SD. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Across the 7 schools in Great Valley SD (4,822 students total), Great Valley MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Great Valley MS records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 27% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 32% of students at Great Valley MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Great Valley MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.9%; this one delivers 66.9%.

Across the wider county, Chester County reports that median household income runs about $127,208, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Great Valley MS is one of 111 public schools in Chester County (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students).

Great Valley HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Great Valley MS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 62.6%.

Great Valley MS operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 1,004 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 68% to 52%.

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