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Enrollment
731
Middle
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUDERTON AREA SD·NCES 422187004722
Indian Valley Middle School
130 Maple Ave, Harleysville, PA 19438 · (215) 256-8896 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- C+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
13.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
149 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 236 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 259 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 32% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Indian Valley Middle School→Souderton Area High School
Based on grade levels within Souderton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
54.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 50.6% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Indian Valley Middle School
Indian Valley Middle School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Valley Middle School this school | 731 | 20.4% | 59.5% |
| Mount Nittany Middle School State College | 752 | 21.8% | 66.3% |
| Franklin Regional Middle School Murrysville | 771 | 18.8% | 65.8% |
| Southern Lehigh Intermediate School Bethlehem | 702 | 17.9% | 75.6% |
| Owen J Roberts Middle School Pottstown | 856 | 22.4% | 60.0% |
| Jefferson Middle School Pittsburgh | 621 | 17.6% | 76.6% |
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 Indian Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #107 of 479 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #83 of 513 ▲ 20 | #14 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #115 of 513 ▲ 35 | #16 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #158 of 522 | #19 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #293 of 486 | #25 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #279 of 486 | #31 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #461 of 510 | #27 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #273 of 332 | #15 of 21 |
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
731
-77 (-10%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 731 | 54.1 | 13.5:1 | 20% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 53.3 | 14.0:1 | 20% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 53.9 | 14.2:1 | 14% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 808 | 59 | 13.7:1 | 15% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 762 | 53.7 | 14.2:1 | 17% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 58 | 12.9:1 | 13% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 63 | 12.4:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 1,064 | 70 | 15.2:1 | 7% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 43 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (762 to 731); teachers up 1% (53.7 to 54.1).
About Indian Valley Middle School
Indian Valley Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Souderton Area SD, located in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. The school serves 731 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 594 students; this school is 23% bigger than that.
Indian Valley Middle School is a school in Souderton Area SD. The district has 9 schools and 5,974 students.
Roughly 79% of students at Indian Valley Middle School are White. The rest of enrollment is 8% Asian, 5% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Indian Valley Middle School's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 54.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. That matches the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Indian Valley Middle School is 20%. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 20 points.
Measured against Pennsylvania public middle schools, Indian Valley Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Indian Valley Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 68.9%. Indian Valley Middle School scores 59.5%, 9.4 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $113,915, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Indian Valley Middle School, Montgomery County has 159 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Oak Ridge Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Indian Valley Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Indian Valley Middle School's average proficiency of 59.5% compares with 66.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Indian Valley Middle School is Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 731 students in 2024-25, 77 fewer than the 808 it had in 2020-21.
Community posts for Indian Valley Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Souderton Area SD
- Souderton Area High SchoolHigh · 2,121 students
- Indian Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 607 students
- Vernfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Salford Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Franconia Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in Harleysville
- General Nash Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Salford Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 420
- Souderton Area High School1.5 mi · 2,121
- Vernfield Elementary School2.2 mi · 517
- Franconia Elementary School2.3 mi · 426
- West Broad Street Elementary School2.8 mi · 378
- Indian Crest Middle School3.2 mi · 607
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Indian Valley Middle School?
Indian Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 731 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Indian Valley Middle School serve?
Indian Valley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Indian Valley Middle School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Indian Valley Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian Valley Middle School?
At Indian Valley Middle School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Indian Valley Middle School public or private?
Indian Valley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Souderton Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.