Octorara Intermediate Sch

Octorara Intermediate Sch is a close-knit intermediate school in Atglen, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Octorara Area SD. The school serves 279 students in grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 594.

Octorara Intermediate Sch is one of 5 schools operated by Octorara Area SD, a district that serves 1,968 students overall.

On demographics, Octorara Intermediate Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Chester County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Chester County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Octorara Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Chester County indicate median household income runs about $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Chester County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students), of which Octorara Intermediate Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Octorara Area JSHS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Octorara Intermediate Sch. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Octorara Intermediate Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Octorara Intermediate Sch has fell 21%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 77% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Octorara Intermediate Sch typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.