Enrollment
280
Middle
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY SD·NCES 421686000381
New Hope-Solebury Middle School
184 W Bridge St, New Hope, PA 18938 · (215) 862-0608 · Bucks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
9.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
43 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 95 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 31% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
New Hope-Solebury Middle School→New Hope-Solebury High School
Based on grade levels within New Hope-Solebury SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
78.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 60.6% |
% 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
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 New Hope-Solebury Middle School
New Hope-Solebury Middle School's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope-Solebury Middle School this school | 280 | 15.4% | 73.1% |
| Camp Hill Middle School Camp Hill | 299 | 23.1% | 64.2% |
| Southern Lehigh Middle School Center Valley | 471 | 18.5% | 65.7% |
| Donald H Eichhorn Middle School Lewisburg | 438 | 26.9% | 70.4% |
| Pennridge Central Middle School Perkasie | 456 | 25.7% | 54.5% |
| Haine Middle School Cranberry Twp | 522 | 24.7% | 66.5% |
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 New Hope-Solebury Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #27 of 479 | #3 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #20 of 513 ▲ 26 | #2 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #22 of 513 ▲ 13 | #1 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #441 of 522 | #26 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #20 of 486 | #4 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #226 of 486 | #15 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #482 of 510 | #23 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #52 of 332 | #4 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
280
-51 (-15%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
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 | 280 | 28.7 | 9.8:1 | 15% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 27.1 | 11.2:1 | 14% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 29.1 | 11.1:1 | 7% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 28 | 11.8:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 28.5 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 37 | 10.6:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Hope-Solebury Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (358 to 280); teachers unchanged (28.5 to 28.7).
About New Hope-Solebury Middle School
New Hope-Solebury Middle School is a small middle school with its address in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 280 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 53% lower than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 594.
New Hope-Solebury Middle School is one school in a 4-school district, New Hope-Solebury SD, which enrolls 1,237 students.
Roughly 75% of students at New Hope-Solebury Middle School are White. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 28.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.8:1. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania have 13.2:1, compared with 9.8:1 here. Around 15% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 25 points below the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County.
New Hope-Solebury Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Pennsylvania, New Hope-Solebury Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 73.1% actual against a predicted 71.0%.
New Hope-Solebury Middle School is located in Bucks County, where the median household income is $114,764, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides New Hope-Solebury Middle School, Bucks County has 122 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, New Hope-Solebury Upper Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, New Hope-Solebury Middle School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
New Hope-Solebury Middle School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 280 students in 2024-25, 51 fewer than the 331 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.8:1.
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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 New Hope-Solebury SD
- New Hope-Solebury High SchoolHigh · 450 students
- New Hope-Solebury Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- New Hope-Solebury Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
Other schools in New Hope
- New Hope-Solebury High SchoolHigh · 450 students
- New Hope-Solebury Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- New Hope-Solebury Upper Elementary School0.1 mi · 277
- New Hope-Solebury High School0.1 mi · 450
- Lambertville Public School0.9 mi · 228
- South Hunterdon Regional Elementary School0.9 mi · 265
- West Amwell School2.5 mi · 141
- West Amwell Township School2.5 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About New Hope-Solebury Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Hope-Solebury Middle School?
New Hope-Solebury Middle School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does New Hope-Solebury Middle School serve?
New Hope-Solebury Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Hope-Solebury Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Hope-Solebury Middle School is approximately 9.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Hope-Solebury Middle School?
At New Hope-Solebury Middle School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is New Hope-Solebury Middle School in?
New Hope-Solebury Middle School is part of New Hope-Solebury SD.
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