Enrollment
308
Middle
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALISADES SD·NCES 421833010005
Palisades Middle School
4710 Durham Rd, Kintnersville, PA 18930 · (610) 847-5131 · Bucks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- 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
9.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
97 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 31% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Palisades Middle School→Palisades High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Palisades SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -7.8pp since 2023
Math
38.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 36.3% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Palisades Middle School
Palisades Middle School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades Middle School this school | 308 | 31.5% | 50.0% |
| Beaver Area Middle School Beaver | 291 | 27.8% | 62.2% |
| Oley Valley Middle School Oley | 325 | 32.3% | 52.3% |
| Fairfield Area Middle School Fairfield | 259 | 33.2% | 42.4% |
| South Eastern Intrmd School Fawn Grove | 397 | 31.5% | 53.2% |
| South Eastern Middle School Fawn Grove | 399 | 34.8% | 45.2% |
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 Palisades Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #214 of 479 | #15 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #241 of 513 ▲ 15 | #17 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #227 of 513 ▼ 44 | #16 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #425 of 522 | #25 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #8 of 486 | #2 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #418 of 486 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #403 of 510 | #16 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #149 of 332 | #10 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
308
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 308 | 33 | 9.3:1 | 31% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 33.5 | 8.8:1 | 33% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 34.4 | 9.0:1 | 30% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 34 | 9.6:1 | 23% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 34.3 | 10.2:1 | 19% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 8% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palisades Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (349 to 308); teachers down 4% (34.3 to 33).
About Palisades Middle School
Palisades Middle School is a middle-grades school in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Palisades SD. It has an enrollment of 308 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 594, and this school is 48% below that mark.
Palisades SD is responsible for 5 schools, Palisades Middle School included, with 1,372 students in all.
A large majority of enrollment at Palisades Middle School is White, at 92%. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Bucks County, the White share is about 81%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
Palisades Middle School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.3:1. The school's 9.3:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%. That is 9 points below the 40% average for public schools in Bucks County.
Palisades Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.1% for Palisades Middle School. The school posts 50.0%, 14.1 points below the prediction.
Census data for Bucks County show the median household earns about $114,764 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bucks County number 123, with about 81,956 students.
Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School sits about 0.3 miles from Palisades Middle School. Palisades Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Palisades Middle School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 325 in 2020-21 to 308 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Palisades Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Palisades SD
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- Durham-Nockamixon Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 219 students
- Tinicum Elementary SchoolElementary · 135 students
Other schools in Kintnersville
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- Durham-Nockamixon Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School0.3 mi · 245
- Palisades High School0.4 mi · 465
- Springfield Elementary School4.6 mi · 219
- Upper Bucks County Technical School6.5 mi · 30
- Milford Public School6.7 mi · 64
- Bedminster Elementary School6.9 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Palisades Middle SchoolHow large is Palisades Middle School?
Palisades Middle School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Palisades Middle School serve?
Palisades Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Palisades Middle School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Palisades Middle School.
How diverse is Palisades Middle School?
Palisades Middle School reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Palisades Middle School in?
Palisades Middle School is part of Palisades SD.
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