Holicong MS

Set in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Holicong MS is a heavily attended middle-grades school, one of the schools within Central Bucks SD. It teaches 907 students across grades 7 through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 53% larger than the state mean of about 594.

Across the 23 schools in Central Bucks SD (16,879 students total), Holicong MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Holicong MS lists that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder breaks down as 10% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bucks County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 9% of students at Holicong MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bucks County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Holicong MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.7%, the actual is 74.4%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bucks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $114,764 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Bucks County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students), Holicong MS is one campus in the mix.

Central Bucks HS-East 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. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holicong MS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 76.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Holicong MS has fell 14%, going from 1,059 students in 2018 to 907 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 86% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Holicong MS community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.