Knoch MS

Knoch MS is a modestly sized middle school in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, overseen by Knoch SD. The school caters to 479 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Knoch SD, which oversees 4 schools and 2,015 students, Knoch MS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Knoch MS reports that nearly all students (97%) are White.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Knoch MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of -12.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,843 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Knoch MS is one of 39 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students).

Knoch Intermediate El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Knoch MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Knoch MS at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.9%.

Knoch MS operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Knoch MS has contracted 12%, going from 543 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.