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What tradition at Haverford MS should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,578
Middle
DISTRICT 925 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421167001878
Haverford Middle School
1701 Darby Rd, Havertown, PA 19083 · (610) 853-5900 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,578 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.7:1
115 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
282 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 6 | 509 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 527 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 542 | 34% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Haverford Middle School→Haverford SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Haverford Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
84.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
69.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.5% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 82.8% | 65.9% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Haverford Middle School
Haverford Middle School's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haverford Middle School this school | 1,578 | 17.9% | 75.8% |
| Springton Lake Middle School Media | 1,012 | 16.7% | 74.7% |
| Colonial Middle School Plymouth Meeting | 1,268 | 26.3% | 65.5% |
| Dorseyville Middle School Pittsburgh | 981 | 22.1% | 80.4% |
| Richardson Middle School Springfield | 1,081 | 24.6% | 71.3% |
| North Hills Middle School Pittsburgh | 1,127 | 26.4% | 64.7% |
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 Haverford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #14 of 479 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #15 of 513 ▲ 7 | #2 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #6 of 513 ▲ 8 | #2 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,578 | #5 of 522 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #312 of 486 | #11 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #254 of 486 | #11 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #472 of 510 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #58 of 131 | N/A |
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
1,578
+5 (+0%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,028
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,578 | 114.9 | 13.7:1 | 18% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 1,596 | 114.9 | 13.9:1 | 18% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 1,626 | 113 | 14.4:1 | 20% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 1,573 | 109 | 14.4:1 | 15% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 1,449 | 101.8 | 14.2:1 | 12% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 1,353 | 96 | 14.1:1 | 13% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 1,278 | 89 | 14.4:1 | 12% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 1,320 | 78 | 16.9:1 | 4% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 1,028 | 70 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haverford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,449 to 1,578); teachers up 13% (101.8 to 114.9).
About Haverford Middle School
Haverford Middle School is a large middle school with an address in Havertown, Pennsylvania. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 1,578 students. The average among middle schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 594 students; this school is 166% above that.
Haverford Middle School is a school in Haverford Township SD. The district has 7 schools and 6,477 students.
Haverford Middle School is 78% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% Hispanic. In Delaware County overall, about 63% of residents are White. Haverford Middle School's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.7:1, with 114.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Haverford Middle School is 18%. Among public schools in Delaware County, the average eligibility rate is 58%.
Haverford Middle School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Haverford Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 75.8% actual against 70.0% predicted.
Federal survey data for Delaware County show that the median household income is $89,546, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Delaware County is home to 113 public schools and about 74,663 public school students.
Haverford SHS is located about 0.2 miles from Haverford Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Haverford Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Haverford Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,573 students in 2020-21 and 1,578 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haverford Township SD
- Haverford SHSHigh · 1,994 students
- Manoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Chatham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Lynnewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Chestnutwold Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Coopertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other schools in Havertown
- Haverford SHSHigh · 1,994 students
- Manoa Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Chatham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Lynnewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
Nearby schools
- Haverford SHS0.2 mi · 1,994
- Chatham Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 582
- Lynnewood Elementary School0.9 mi · 580
- Chestnutwold Elementary School1.0 mi · 566
- Manoa Elementary School1.3 mi · 706
- Penn Wynne School1.5 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Haverford Middle SchoolHow large is Haverford Middle School?
Haverford Middle School enrolls approximately 1,578 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Haverford Middle School serve?
Haverford Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Haverford Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Haverford Middle School.
How diverse is Haverford Middle School?
Haverford Middle School reports a student body of 78% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Haverford Middle School?
Haverford Middle School is overseen by Haverford Township SD in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.