Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch

As a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Mount Penn, Pennsylvania, Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch serves 434 students from grades 4 through 8, operated by Antietam SD. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 594.

Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Antietam SD, a district that hosts 1,139 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.0%; this one comes in at 33.8%, -18.3 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Berks County put median household earnings sit near $79,777, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Berks County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Antietam HS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 434). White enrollment moved from 55% to 28% across the same window.

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