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Enrollment
599
Middle
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL SD·NCES 420519009937
Klinger Middle School
1415 2nd Street Pike, Southampton, PA 18966 · (215) 364-5950 · Bucks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
281 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 178 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 33% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Klinger Middle School→William Tennent High School
Based on grade levels within Centennial SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.6% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 35.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Klinger Middle School
Klinger Middle School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klinger Middle School this school | 599 | 46.9% | 51.0% |
| Indian Crest Middle School Souderton | 607 | 42.8% | 46.0% |
| Shallow Brook Inter School Manchester | 507 | 45.8% | 54.1% |
| Cocalico Middle School Denver | 617 | 44.6% | 58.7% |
| Gettysburg Area Middle School Gettysburg | 646 | 49.5% | 59.3% |
| Ephrata Middle School Ephrata | 601 | 53.1% | 45.9% |
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 Klinger Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #201 of 479 | #14 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #231 of 513 ▲ 40 | #16 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #122 of 513 ▲ 108 | #9 of 27 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #236 of 522 | #18 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #176 of 486 | #12 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #189 of 486 | #12 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #287 of 510 | #7 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #166 of 332 | #14 of 22 |
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
599
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 599 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 47% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 51.5 | 11.8:1 | 46% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 49.5 | 11.7:1 | 40% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 40% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 49.3 | 13.6:1 | 37% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 35% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 51 | 12.7:1 | 25% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 13% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 60 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Klinger Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (670 to 599); teachers down 1% (49.3 to 49).
About Klinger Middle School
Klinger Middle School is a medium-sized middle school located in Southampton, Pennsylvania. The school counts 599 students across grades 6 through 8.
Across its 6 schools, Centennial SD enrolls 5,262 students. Klinger Middle School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Klinger Middle School, at 73%. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Bucks County's population at about 81%. Klinger Middle School's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Klinger Middle School total 49 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.2:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 47%.
allk12 grades Klinger Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Klinger Middle School scores 51.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 57.5%.
Census estimates describe Bucks County this way: the median household income is $114,764, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Bucks County has 123 public schools and roughly 81,956 students.
The closest public school, Davis Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles from Klinger Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Klinger Middle School is 7th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Klinger Middle School is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 31 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centennial SD
- William Tennent High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- McDonald Elementary SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Willow Dale Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Log College Middle SchoolMiddle · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Davis Elementary School0.4 mi · 785
- Churchville Elementary School0.9 mi · 558
- Maureen M Welch Elementary School1.3 mi · 521
- McDonald Elementary School1.8 mi · 837
- William Tennent High School2.0 mi · 1,710
- Richboro Elementary School2.2 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Klinger Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Klinger Middle School?
Klinger Middle School enrolls approximately 599 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Klinger Middle School serve?
Klinger Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Klinger Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Klinger Middle School.
How diverse is Klinger Middle School?
Klinger Middle School reports a student body of 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Klinger Middle School in?
Klinger Middle School is part of Centennial SD.
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