Pennwood MS

Pennwood MS, a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Yardley, Pennsylvania, overseen by Pennsbury SD, enrolls 740 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 594.

Pennwood MS is one of 14 schools operated by Pennsbury SD, a district that works with 9,435 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pennwood MS lists that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Pennwood MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at Pennwood MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bucks County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Pennwood MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.3%, the actual is 55.7%, a residual of -8.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Bucks County shows median household income runs about $114,764, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pennwood MS is one of 123 public schools in Bucks County (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students).

The closest other public school is Charles H Boehm MS, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pennwood MS at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 772 students in 2018 compared to 740 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Pennwood MS community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.