Enrollment
325
Middle
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLEY VALLEY SD·NCES 421815006319
Oley Valley Middle School
3247 Friedensburg RD, Oley, PA 19547 · (610) 987-4100 · Berks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
105 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 110 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 37% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Oley Valley Middle School→Oley Valley SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Oley Valley SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.9pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Oley Valley Middle School
Oley Valley Middle School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oley Valley Middle School this school | 325 | 32.3% | 52.3% |
| Palisades Middle School Kintnersville | 308 | 31.5% | 50.0% |
| South Eastern Middle School Fawn Grove | 399 | 34.8% | 45.2% |
| Beaver Area Middle School Beaver | 291 | 27.8% | 62.2% |
| South Eastern Intrmd School Fawn Grove | 397 | 31.5% | 53.2% |
| Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MS Topton | 460 | 35.0% | 55.4% |
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 Oley Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #184 of 479 | #5 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #268 of 513 ▼ 109 | #12 of 26 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #239 of 513 ▼ 73 | #8 of 26 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #414 of 522 | #23 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #48 of 486 | #2 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #362 of 486 | #22 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #396 of 510 | #26 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #118 of 332 | #6 of 15 |
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
325
-53 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 325 | 30 | 10.8:1 | 32% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 31.3 | 10.3:1 | 33% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 31 | 11.5:1 | 34% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 29% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 29.5 | 12.8:1 | 30% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 24% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oley Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (378 to 325); teachers up 2% (29.5 to 30).
About Oley Valley Middle School
Oley Valley Middle School is a small middle school serving families in Oley, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 325 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Oley Valley SD has 3 schools; together they serve 1,424 students.
The share of students at Oley Valley Middle School who are White is 87%. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Berks County, the White share is about 70%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 30 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.8:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Of all students at Oley Valley Middle School, 32% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Berks County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Oley Valley Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.8%. Oley Valley Middle School scores 52.3%.
For the population of Berks County, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Oley Valley Middle School shares Berks County with 94 other public schools.
Oley Valley Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Oley Valley Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Oley Valley Middle School holds 7 other public schools. Local comparison: Oley Valley Middle School ranks 6th of 6 nearby schools, at 52.3% versus a 60.6% average.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 378 to 325. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.2:1 to 10.8:1.
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Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oley Valley SD
- Oley Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Oley Valley SHSHigh · 506 students
Other schools in Oley
- Oley Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Oley Valley SHSHigh · 506 students
- Berks Career and Technology Center-East CampusHigh · 23 students
Nearby schools
- Oley Valley Elementary School0.1 mi · 593
- Berks Career and Technology Center-East Campus0.3 mi · 23
- Oley Valley SHS1.0 mi · 506
- Stony Creek Elementary School4.2 mi · 345
- Owatin Creek Elementary School4.4 mi · 539
- Jacksonwald Elementary School4.6 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Oley Valley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Oley Valley Middle School?
Oley Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades 06-08.
Is Oley Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oley Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Oley Valley Middle School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Oley Valley Middle School.
How diverse is Oley Valley Middle School?
Oley Valley Middle School reports a student body of 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Oley Valley Middle School?
Oley Valley Middle School is overseen by Oley Valley SD in Berks County.
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