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Enrollment
868
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARPLE NEWTOWN SD·NCES 421476001901
Paxon Hollow Middle School
815 Paxon Hollow Rd, Broomall, PA 19008 · (610) 359-4320 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL868 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
250 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 282 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 296 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 290 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Paxon Hollow Middle School→Marple Newtown SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Marple Newtown SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
50.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 50.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 51.4% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Paxon Hollow Middle School
Paxon Hollow Middle School's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxon Hollow Middle School this school | 868 | 28.8% | 59.9% |
| Pleasant Hills Middle School Pittsburgh | 813 | 28.3% | 66.7% |
| Palmyra Area Middle School Palmyra | 820 | 30.2% | 64.5% |
| J R Fugett Middle School West Chester | 930 | 22.4% | 53.8% |
| Dorseyville Middle School Pittsburgh | 981 | 22.1% | 80.4% |
| Tamanend Middle School Warrington | 901 | 20.2% | 55.1% |
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 Paxon Hollow Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #101 of 479 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #119 of 513 ▼ 21 | #7 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #113 of 513 ▲ 10 | #7 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 868 | #83 of 522 | #9 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #306 of 486 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #244 of 486 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #418 of 510 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.2% | #25 of 131 | N/A |
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
868
+18 (+2%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 868 | 63.5 | 13.7:1 | 29% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 73.5 | 11.9:1 | 29% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 853 | 68.4 | 12.5:1 | 25% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 850 | 65 | 13.1:1 | 22% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 66.5 | 10.8:1 | 21% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 68 | 10.6:1 | 8% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | 63 | 13.8:1 | 10% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 66 | 12.7:1 | 3% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 60 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paxon Hollow Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (716 to 868); teachers down 5% (66.5 to 63.5).
About Paxon Hollow Middle School
Paxon Hollow Middle School is a public middle school run by Marple Newtown SD in Broomall, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 868 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 46% bigger than the 594-student average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Federal data list 6 schools in Marple Newtown SD, with 3,882 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Paxon Hollow Middle School is 77%, a majority. The school is also 13% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 63% White share among all Delaware County residents. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Paxon Hollow Middle School are from different groups.
The school lists 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. A total of 250 students, or 29%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 58% average for public schools in Delaware County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Paxon Hollow Middle School outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Paxon Hollow Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.9% is 5.4 points below the 65.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Delaware County, home to about 579,222 people, the median household earns about $89,546 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Delaware County number 113, with about 74,663 students.
Russell Elementary School sits about 1.0 miles from Paxon Hollow Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Paxon Hollow Middle School ranks 8th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Paxon Hollow Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's size has been steady, with 850 students in 2020-21 and 868 in 2024-25.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,222
Census ACS
Median income
$89,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
74,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marple Newtown SD
- Marple Newtown SHSHigh · 1,266 students
- Culbertson Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Worrall Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Loomis Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Broomall
- Worrall Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Loomis Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Russell Elementary School1.0 mi · 400
- Loomis Elementary School1.1 mi · 376
- Worrall Elementary School1.6 mi · 449
- Marple Newtown SHS1.9 mi · 1,266
- Rose Tree Elementary School2.1 mi · 439
- Springton Lake Middle School2.2 mi · 1,012
Frequently asked questions
About Paxon Hollow Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Paxon Hollow Middle School?
Paxon Hollow Middle School enrolls approximately 868 students in grades 06-08.
Is Paxon Hollow Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paxon Hollow Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paxon Hollow Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paxon Hollow Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paxon Hollow Middle School?
At Paxon Hollow Middle School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Paxon Hollow Middle School in?
Paxon Hollow Middle School is part of Marple Newtown SD.
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