Enrollment
314
Middle
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KUTZTOWN AREA SD·NCES 421293006315
Kutztown Area Middle School
10 Deisher Ln, Kutztown, PA 19530 · (610) 683-3575 · Berks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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
11.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
121 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 114 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 114 | 36% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Kutztown Area Middle School→Kutztown Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Kutztown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.2pp 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 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 36.8% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Kutztown Area Middle School
Kutztown Area Middle School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kutztown Area Middle School this school | 314 | 38.5% | 51.3% |
| Pennridge South Middle School Perkasie | 332 | 44.9% | 46.5% |
| 6th Grade Center Quakertown | 331 | 37.5% | 37.0% |
| Garden Spot Middle School New Holland | 404 | 43.1% | 39.8% |
| Smith Middle School Quarryville | 367 | 48.0% | 32.8% |
| Oley Valley Middle School Oley | 325 | 32.3% | 52.3% |
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 Kutztown Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #193 of 479 | #7 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #242 of 513 ▲ 3 | #9 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #116 of 513 ▲ 2 | #2 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #422 of 522 | #24 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #142 of 486 | #6 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #246 of 486 | #14 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #348 of 510 | #21 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #318 of 332 | #15 of 15 |
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
314
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 314 | 26.3 | 11.9:1 | 39% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 26.3 | 11.2:1 | 41% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 25.7 | 11.5:1 | 43% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 28% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 29.2 | 10.9:1 | 33% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 32% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 32 | 10.7:1 | 15% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 24 | 13.6:1 | 11% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 253 | 19 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kutztown Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (317 to 314); teachers down 10% (29.2 to 26.3).
About Kutztown Area Middle School
Kutztown Area Middle School is a public middle school in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It had 314 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Within Kutztown Area SD, Kutztown Area Middle School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 1,352 students.
Of every 100 students at Kutztown Area Middle School, about 76 are White. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for Kutztown Area Middle School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. Middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. Kutztown Area Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 39%. The rate at public schools in Berks County averages 67%, higher than here.
Kutztown Area Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Kutztown Area Middle School scores 51.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.1%.
Looking at the county, Berks County, median household income comes to about $79,777, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 95 public schools and about 62,375 students.
Kutztown Area SHS is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Kutztown Area Middle School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 51.3% against a local average of 58.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 314, compared with 306 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kutztown Area SD
- Kutztown Area SHSHigh · 420 students
- Kutztown Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Greenwich-Lenhartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
Other schools in Kutztown
- Weisenberg Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Kutztown Area SHSHigh · 420 students
- Kutztown Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Kutztown Area SHS0.1 mi · 420
- Kutztown Elementary School0.2 mi · 384
- Brandywine Heights Elementary School3.4 mi · 372
- Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MS3.6 mi · 460
- Brandywine Heights High School3.9 mi · 413
- Fleetwood Middle School4.7 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About Kutztown Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kutztown Area Middle School?
Kutztown Area Middle School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kutztown Area Middle School serve?
Kutztown Area Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kutztown Area Middle School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Kutztown Area Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kutztown Area Middle School?
At Kutztown Area Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Kutztown Area Middle School public or private?
Kutztown Area Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kutztown Area SD.
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