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Methacton HS
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Methacton HS
Methacton HS is one of the well-populated 9-12 campuss in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, overseen by Methacton SD, with 1,499 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Methacton HS sits 103% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Methacton SD, which oversees 7 schools and 4,581 students, Methacton HS is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Methacton HS reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Methacton HS records 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Methacton HS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.1%; this one delivers 65.1%.
In the broader community, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $113,915 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), Methacton HS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Eagleville El Sch, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Methacton HS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.1%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Methacton HS's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,554 (now 1,499). White enrollment moved from 72% to 65% across the same window.
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