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Enrollment
668
Middle
DISTRICT 711 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRISTOL TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 420423007633
Neil A Armstrong Middle School
475 Wistar Rd, Fairless Hills, PA 19030 · (215) 945-4940 · Bucks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- DTest 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
14.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
663 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 227 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 223 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Neil A Armstrong Middle School→Truman SHS
Based on grade levels within Bristol Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
15.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 10.2% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Neil A Armstrong Middle School
Neil A Armstrong Middle School's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil A Armstrong Middle School this school | 668 | 99.3% | 25.5% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School Levittown | 754 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
| Pottsgrove Middle School Pottstown | 678 | 99.6% | 41.3% |
| Swiftwater Interm School Swiftwater | 737 | 99.6% | 47.4% |
| New Castle Junior High School New Castle | 689 | 98.8% | 17.2% |
| Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center Nanticoke | 533 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
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 Neil A Armstrong Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #433 of 479 | #27 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #437 of 513 ▲ 32 | #25 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #431 of 513 ▼ 1 | #26 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #188 of 522 | #15 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #394 of 486 | #22 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #41 of 486 | #4 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #90 of 510 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #71 of 332 | #6 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
668
-122 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 668 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 99% (663) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 49 | 13.5:1 | 100% (663) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 50.2 | 14.4:1 | 100% (725) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 52 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 819 | 54 | 15.2:1 | 52% (426) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neil A Armstrong Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (819 to 668); teachers down 17% (54 to 45).
About Neil A Armstrong Middle School
Neil A Armstrong Middle School is a mid-sized middle school for students in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 668 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
A total of 6 schools make up Bristol Township SD, with 5,985 students enrolled.
About 53% of the student body at Neil A Armstrong Middle School is White. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 13% Black, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Bucks County residents are about 81% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. The 40% average for public schools in Bucks County is 59 points lower.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Neil A Armstrong Middle School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Neil A Armstrong Middle School scores 25.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.0%.
For Bucks County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $114,764 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Neil A Armstrong Middle School, Bucks County has 123 public schools.
Neil A Armstrong Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Bucks County Technical High School, its nearest public school. Neil A Armstrong Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Neil A Armstrong Middle School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.5% against a local average of 54.0%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 790 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 668 by 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 Bristol Township SD
- Truman SHSHigh · 1,626 students
- Keystone Elementary SchoolElementary · 988 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 975 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 974 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
Other schools in Fairless Hills
- Pennsbury High SchoolHigh · 2,847 students
- Bucks County Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,415 students
- Oxford Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Bucks County Montessori CSElementary · 180 students
- Village Park AcademyElementary
Nearby schools
- Bucks County Technical High School0.4 mi · 1,415
- Oxford Valley Elementary School0.9 mi · 390
- Pennsbury High School1.1 mi · 2,847
- Sandburg Middle School1.6 mi · 729
- Schweitzer Elementary School1.7 mi · 407
- Miller Elementary School1.7 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Neil A Armstrong Middle SchoolHow large is Neil A Armstrong Middle School?
Neil A Armstrong Middle School enrolls approximately 668 students in grades 06-08.
Is Neil A Armstrong Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Neil A Armstrong Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Neil A Armstrong Middle School have?
Neil A Armstrong Middle School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Neil A Armstrong Middle School?
Student demographics at Neil A Armstrong Middle School are roughly 53% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Neil A Armstrong Middle School public or private?
Neil A Armstrong Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bristol Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.